The exact shot of Romela Lukaku allowed Jose Mourinho's wards to obtain three points in the match against the "saints" (1: 0).
Manchester United in the middle of the week at Old Trafford had fun with Burton, without spending much energy, so on St.-Meri went in full combat readiness. "Saints" the same last match was held in the Premier League, in the last round was won long-awaited victory - suffered Crystal Palace. The team Mourinho on the nose with CSKA Moscow in the Champions League, so it was worth expecting a very pragmatic game from the "red devils".
From the first minutes of the team showed a very high pace and the game on the oncoming courses, but no one has created a worthwhile moment. At the end of fifteen minutes of time, the owners seized the initiative and tried to attack positively, and the Sirians hoped for smashing counter-hits. In one of the approaches, Ashley Young showed his dribbling on the flank and hung in the penalty area, where the blow dealt Romel Lukaku - Forster in brilliant style rescued the team, but with the finish of the Belgian guard gate has failed.
In a few minutes the guests could double the advantage, but Marcus Rushford's free-kick did not have enough centimeters to hurt the audience at Saint-Mary. "Saints" began to act quite harshly and uncompromisingly, which caused little difficulty in the "easy" midfield line of the mankunians in the person of Rashford, Mkhitaryan and Mata. However, the defensive team of the Mourinho team acted very confidently and De Gea did not even have to really play the game. At the break the team left with a minimum of advantage Manchester United.
The beginning of the second half is left for the team Mauricio Pellegrino. "Saints" from the first moments of the second 45-minute showed their charge and the desire to get the result. Defense mankuniantsev had very hard because of the constant barrage of attacks. Special realized that it's better to save energy and keep the result, so instead of Juan Mata, Ander Herrera left, and Chris Smalling replaced Henry Mkhitaryan. In a break between these permutations, Lukaku was unable to realize a good chance - Forster saved his team by repelling the Belgian from close range.
Southampton also responded by striking Romeu out of the penalty, but the ball treacherously missed the far corner of the gate. And after a minute Herrera could kill the intrigue - Ander got the ball in the penalty area from Lukaku and after a short pause, the ball passed above the gate. Basque frankly forgave. Mauricio Pellegrino tried to change the course of the match by substitutions, but the output of Charlie Austin and James Ward-Paurus instead of Shane Long and Cedric Soares did not bring any dividends.
Satugempton could not grieve the guard of the opponent's goal, so the final whistle of the referee recorded a minimum victory for Manchester United on the "saints". Note that in compensated time, Craig Powson removed Jose Mourinho.
In the next round, the mankunians will meet with Crystal Palace in their native walls, and the Pellegrino team, in turn, will visit Stoke City.
Southampton - Manchester United 0: 1 Goals: Lukaku, 20 Southampton: Forster - Cedric (Ward-Praus, 83), Yosida, Hudt, Bertrand-Lehmina, Romeu-Redmond, Tadic, Davis (Gabbiadini, 73) - Long (Austin, 83) Manchester United: De Hea - Valencia, Bayi, Jones, Young - Matic, Fellaini - Mata (Herrera, 62), Mkhitaryan (Smalling, 75), Rushford - Lukaku Warnings: Long Yang, Valencia, Lukaku, Matic.