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Glenn Hoddle lavishes praise on 'ruthless, professional' Manchester United after their huge 9-0 victory over Southampton at Old Trafford

Glenn Hoddle has lavished praised Manchester United's performance at Old Trafford on Tuesday night, where they beat Southampton 9-0 in an incredible game.

They were already 4-0 up at half-time after a very early red card, and then further punished Southampton in the second half, adding another five.

'They were ruthless, United,' Hoddle told BT Sport.

'Mentally, in the second half you see that each player was pushing each other on, it doesn’t matter what the score is, we are going to just keep going at Southampton.

'You have to feel sorry for Southampton.