Erik ten Hag felt the game belonged to his Manchester United side following Andre Onana’s first-half penalty save to deny Southampton’s Cameron Archer.
The game had been goalless and even until that point, but after the spot-kick miss, it was United who moved into the ascendancy, taking a two-goal lead within 10 minutes, through goals from Matthijs de Ligt and Marcus Rashford.
Alejandro Garnacho scored at the end of the second half to secure a 3-0 triumph and three points on the road for the first time this term.
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Ten Hag reflects on return to winning ways
“First 20 minutes was hard, tough, but that is often [the case] in games, you have to get a foothold in the game,” Erik said in his post-match interview with MUTV.