Manchester United head coach Erik ten Hag has praised his aspect for “discovering a solution to win” after the Pink Devils beat Southampton 3-0 on the South Coast.
It was a shaky begin for the away aspect at St Mary’s Stadium after Diogo Dalot gave away a penalty within the first half, just for Andre Onana to avoid wasting Cameron Archer’s spot kick.
Minutes later, Matthijs de Ligt netted his first Manchester United aim, flicking a header in from Bruno Fernandes’ curling cross.
Marcus Rashford made it two earlier than half-time, scoring from exterior the field after doing effectively to shift the ball onto his proper foot.
And Alejandro Garnacho netted with the final kick of the sport to compound the Saints to a different loss of their return to the Premier League.
Ten Hag appeared delighted after the match and praised his gamers for his or her resilience.
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Erik ten Hag talks Matthijs de Ligt, Marcus Rashford and accidents following Man Utd’s 3-0 win over Southampton
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He mentioned: “We’ve got to win each sport and we did immediately.
“Generally it’s important to discover a solution to win. First minutes of the sport we had some issues however after Andre [Onana] stopped the penalty and the aim by Matthijs de Mild, the sport was all ours.
“The beginning was not simple. I believe the penalty was the turning level within the sport and never to date after we scored and that was essential.”
It has been a tough interval for each De Ligt and Rashford, who’ve been beneath scrutiny for his or her performances over the past 12 months.
However the Dutch supervisor jumped to the defence of each of them.
On De Ligt, he added: “I’m not shocked. At this second he isn’t match, he’s not at 100% velocity. He wants the video games to go as much as it.
“We see glimpses now and as soon as he’s there he’ll do a lot better. We’re proud of him and particularly immediately along with his sport.”
On Rashford, he mentioned: “It’s essential. For each striker, they need to be on the scoring record. As soon as the primary is in, extra is coming.
“As soon as a striker was speaking a couple of ketchup bottle, as soon as it’s going, it’s coming extra.”
United must be able to go once more within the week as they face Barnsley within the Carabao Cup earlier than taking over Crystal Palace subsequent weekend.
