'Mentally tired' United saved by Amad Diallo - Ruben Amorim

Manchester United were seemingly flummoxed by a chance happy Southampton in the first 45-minutes, but managed to muscle the result around thanks to a late hat-rick of net from Amad Diallo.

Despite the turnaround, former United midfielder Paul Scholes was critical of what he had seen from the hosts.

Asked if belief had been restored for him, pundit Scholes said: "No, not really. I think for 80-minutes that's as bad a performance as you’ll see, especially against a team who are bottom of the league."

The ex-United player went on to praise Southampton's skill and tactics, that outclassed United for the majority of the game.

"I have to give Southampton credit as well. Bottom of the league, but I thought they were so much better than Man United for 75, 80-minutes of that game, the way they passed the ball, technically, tactically – and that’s probably why they are bottom, they can’t put teams away," reflects Scholes.

The only positive Scholes thinks Ruben Amorim can take away from the 90-minutes of football for The Reds is the performance of Diallo.

"For Manchester United, Diallo was the one bright spark. I still think the manager will still be bitterly disappointed with that performance, against a team who really have struggled to score goals, concede goals all the time.

"I know Diallo has come and produced the win for them, and he’s the only one player for me who can take credit out of this game tonight," he added.

Amad Diallo said it was "maybe one of the best weeks in my life" after he scored a late hat-trick to secure Manchester United a 3-1 win over Southampton a few days on from signing a new contract with the club.

The last United player to manage a Premier league hat-trick was Christiano Ronaldo against Norwich in April 2022,