Manchester United crushed Southampton 3-0 at the St Mary’s Stadium in the early kick-off of the week four of the English Premier League to ease the pressure on manager, Erik Ten Hag as well as the players and to gladden the hearts of United fans, who have suffered heartbreak in recent times.
Summer signing De Ligt got the opener, heading into the bottom corner from Bruno Fernandes’ textbook ball into the box.
Marcus Rashford opened his account for the season with his first goal since March, guiding a low strike through a crowd into the net in the 41st minute.
Any hope of a comeback by the home side after the break, was extinguished when Jack Stephens was shown a straight red card late on for a reckless challenge on Alejandro Garnacho, who then wrapped up the win for the visitors with a thumping finish into the roof of the net deep into stoppage time.
