Everything Ralf Rangnick said at Manchester United press conference ahead of Southampton fixture

Ralf Rangnick spoke to the press on Friday afternoon as he looked ahead to Manchester United's home match against Southampton in the Premier League this weekend.

United will be eager to get back to winning ways after a defeat to Middlesbrough in the FA Cup last time they played at Old Trafford, as well as a disappointing midweek which saw them draw away at Burnley in the league.

The Reds are unbeaten in their last 11 Premier League games against Southampton (W5 D6) since a 1-0 home loss in January 2016, while the visitors have won just two of their 22 Premier League away games at Old Trafford (D4 L16), losing this exact fixture 9-0 last season.

Rangnick was coy on early team news ahead of the match with Alex Telles back in training after a COVID lay-off.

Scroll down to see how things unfolded.

"I can only tell you what I have experienced in the last few weeks. I'd even say they were good had we won at Burnley. It is about improving in terms of performance and results. The team has developed, even the players realise themselves how much they have improved, especially in control of the game."

"Yes, obviously. We haven't conceded that many from set-pieces in the last 10 weeks. I thought we had scored from one vs Burnley! We are working on that."

"No. I was fully aware that this was a process and would take some time. The development is obvious, even in those two games. In football it is about getting the reward, the best result, and in those two games that was the only thing I could fault us on."

"How we played in the first half or 70 minutes at Burnley was very, very close to the game-plan that we spoke about and now it's about rewarding ourselves and getting the results that we deserve.

"I think the players have