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Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says his team showed ‘the X factor’ in their Southampton 9-0 win.
The Red Devils got an early lead when Alex Jankewitz saw red for a bad challenge on Scott McTominay.
Luckily, the midfielder did not hurt himself too much and managed to keep playing.
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Aaron Wan-Bissaka put the home side ahead in the 18th minute. He sent a large Luke Shaw cross.
Marcus Rashford and Edinson Cavani added to the scoreboard, while Jan Bednarek conceded an own goal.
Man Utd continued its dominance in the second half. Backup Anthony Martial scored two.
McTominay, Bruno Fernandes and Dan James finished off the win.
Speaking after the game, Solskjaer said: “Anthony Martial, it’s good to get it going, he could have had another one with the chip. Unfortunately, only a good performance from everyone entered.
“You have to take risks in closed or open games, you never know what the deciding factor might be, we know better than anyone what goal difference can do to you because we lost the league on goal difference.
“Confidence is one thing, but it was all about the magic and the spark, the X-Factor. Mason Greenwood was phenomenal and his performance was superior for a player who did not score a goal. “
Bednarek spotted Red for apparently bumping into Martial at the box. Speaking about the incident, Solskjaer continued: “The second expulsion for them, that rule must be removed. The law that fires him is strange. Had to go out, but it was great to get a game like this. When they had a man sent off, it was up to us to get the first goal ”.
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