Southampton v Man Utd LIVE: Marcus Rashford scores in comfortable win to lift pressure on Erik ten Hag

Former England striker Peter Crouch on TNT Sports: “This was a crucial game for Manchester United after the international break. They were playing a Southampton side who made basic errors but United capitalised. It was a morale-boosting win.”

Player of the match Matthijs de Ligt speaks to TNT Sports:

“It was really important. Three points out of three games was not enough, so there was pressure on this game. Today we played well. Maybe at the beginning we had some trouble. Big credit to Andre who saved a really important penalty. It changed the game for us actually.”

Happy faces in the United end at full time. A comfortable afternoon in the end for Erik ten Hag’s side.

Just what Manchester United needed. A 3-0 win and a morale-boosting performance to lift the mood after back-to-back defeats. The match turned on Cameron Archer’s penalty miss, with Matthijs de Ligt and Marcus Rashford scoring twice in eight minutes before half time.

Alejandro Garnacho scored in added time, after Southampton skipper Jack Stephens was sent off for a wild lunge on the winger.

That’s it! United have threatened that all afternoon. Dalot is played five yards onside, with Southampton not pressuring the ball, and the cut-back finds Garnacho.

The winger’s finish goes high into the net. 3-0. Job done.

90+3 mins:  Matthijs de Ligt is given player of the match by TNT Sports.

90 mins: CHANCE! United have missed the opportunity to rack up the score in the second half. Diallo’s run leads to a chance for Zirkzee, but his effort is blocked.

We’ll have six minutes of added time.

86 mins: A worry here for Manchester United as another defender is forced off, this time De Ligt, who says he has cramp. He’s replaced by Casemiro, who returns to the pitch at centre back after that disastrous performance against Liverpool two weeks ago.

United’s back four is now Dalot, Casemiro, Maguire and Evans.

But Southampton have not had a shot since Archer’s missed penalty.

78 mins: Southampton are down to 10! It’s a straight red card for Southampton captain Jack Stephens. It’s a horrible challenge, flying into Garnacho’s knee from the side with his studs raised after the winger had skipped away.

Awful, and completely unnecessary at this stage of the game. He’ll be banned for the next three, at least, while Garnacho is lucky he has escaped a serious injury.

75 mins: Maguire is booked immediately for kicking the ball away in a very similar incident to Declan Rice’s second yellow two weeks ago.

Lisandro Martinez looks to have picked up a knock. His last action is to win a challenge in the box to stop a Southampton attack, but he is replaced by Jonny Evans.