James opened the scoring after 10 minutes with a sublime effort which flew past Saints goalkeeper Angus Gunn. Jannik Vestegaard equalised just before the hour-mark and despite Kevin Danso seeing red for a second bookable offence with just under 20 minutes remaining, the Reds couldn’t find a winner despite a raft of late chances.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was forced to make changes from the side who faced Crystal Palace last weekend, with Luke Shaw and Anthony Martial injured for the trip to the south coast. Ashley Young and Juan Mata were their replacements, the experienced duo making their first league starts of the season and Andreas Periera came in for Jesse Lingard.