Ruben Amorim's game-changing reaction saves Manchester United vs Southampton

"How sh*t must you be?" enquired the Southampton fans, "we're winning away". But they didn't win.

Defeat for Manchester United might have signalled their most humiliating result in the Premier League era. A draw would have been ignominious enough. They got the win.

You wait 291 minutes for a United goal at Old Trafford and then three come within 12 minutes. Amad, United's player of the season, is also becoming their saviour of the season.

He had been reduced to diving in the added time of the first half. The real Amad emerged at the end of the second half with equaliser, winner and a hat-trick goal.

For the first time, the United supporters rocked to "Oh Amad Diallo". He prefers to just be known solely as 'Amad' but will make an exception on this unforgettable night.

They turned up the volume on KC and the Sunshine Band with 12 minutes to go until kick off. The United fans already in their seats missed their cue to chant Ruben Amorim's name. Come added time, they sang it raucously after their ode to Amad.

This was almost Amorim's worst night in the United dugout. Instead, it will live long in the memory, a first 90th-minute winner at Old Trafford. "Fergie time," beamed a giddy fan.

United had dropped to 15th before kick off but are now 12th. This was not the confidence-building performance many who clicked through the turnstiles had hoped for and it ended a bigger win than it might have been at kick off.

It had the makings of another inquest. Southampton led until the 82nd minute through another set-piece goal. United have shipped more goals from dead-ball kicks now than Wolves, one of the few teams below them in the table.

Even for the worst United side in 50 years, this was shaping up to be a new low. Southampton had a