Three late goals from Ivorian Amad Diallo dragged a Manchester United to an unlikely 3-1 comeback victory against bottom side Southampton in their Premier League encounter.
While there has certainly been recent improvement under new coach Ruben Amorim, Manchester United still came into Thursday’s match looking to avoid a fourth successive home league defeat for the first time since 1934.
Manchester United were second best from the start of the match and deservedly fell behind to a Manuel Ugarte own goal just before halftime.
Staring down the barrel of another home defeat, United increased the tempo after the break, getting back on level terms through Diallo eight minutes from time.
The Ivorian then completed the turnaround in the 90th minute. The goal was sublime in its creation from Christian Eriksen and executed perfectly by the in-form Diallo.
The hosts weren’t done yet as they continued to push forward and were again rewarded after a defensive error by Southampton.
Diallo’s first Manchester United hat-trick was gift-wrapped by Southampton’s sloppiness playing out from the back as the Ivorian pounced to make the scores 3-1.
A stoppage-time third to complete his hat-trick flattered Manchester United, who climbed to 12th in the standings with 26 points from 21 games.
For Southampton, they stay on six points and remain 10 adrift of the safety zone.
“In football you to have believe,” Diallo said in an interview after the match. “Very happy to win this.”
“We know we have quality players but we need sometimes to be more hungry in the final third. Today we showed at the end we were the best team on the pitch.”
Only Wayne Rooney has scored a Premier League hat-trick for United at a younger age (21) than Diallo, who is only the third player in Premier League history to score three times in the final 10 minutes of a game.
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