Manchester United 0-0 Southampton: Casemiro despatched off as Erik ten Hag’s facet held at Previous Trafford

The Dutchman burdened the necessity for his facet to be at their finest because the Pink Devils returned to Premier League obligation for the primary time since final weekend’s historic 7-0 shellacking at rivals Liverpool.

United confirmed spectacular character to bounce again and beat Actual Betis on Thursday and once more produced a show of energy to attract 0-0 with Southampton after Casemiro’s second sending-off of the season.

The Brazil worldwide regarded gutted when referee Anthony Taylor brandished a straight crimson within the Thirty fourth minute after the VAR suggested him to assessment the problem on Carlos Alcaraz on the pitchside monitor.

United felt aggrieved by that call, simply as they did when penalty appeals had been rejected earlier than the break.

Saints’ efficiency belied their wretched season so far and Aaron Wan-Bissaka cleared off the road shortly after the break, with James Ward-Prowse seeing a free-kick graze the bar.

David De Gea and Gavin Bazunu produced excellent saves throughout this scoreless encounter, together with the latter tipping a Bruno Fernandes shot onto the submit earlier than Kyle Walker-Peters hit the woodwork on the different finish.

United’s closing Premier League match of the month led to a hard-fought level, which represented a constructive begin to a key week as Ruben Selles’ Saints battle for survival.

Saints pressed properly from the outset and regarded stable till Fernandes unlocked the backline within the sixteenth minute, placing by Marcus Rashford to get away a low shot that Bazunu saved properly low to his left.

The Saints goalkeeper darted off his line to frustrate the ahead once more quickly after, earlier than De Gea produced a key save on the different finish after Theo Walcott met a floated Romain Perraud cross with a six-yard header.

Kamaldeen Sulemana was denied by a Raphael Varane block as United had been made uncomfortable earlier than being hit by a Thirty fourth-minute blow.

Casemiro was initially booked for a problem on Alcaraz that ended along with his proper foot on the midfielder’s shin, just for VAR Andre Marriner to advise Taylor to look at the monitor.

Upon assessment, the referee handed out a straight crimson card, to the emotional-looking United midfielder’s disbelief.

Free-kick specialist Ward-Prowse noticed the ensuing set piece ricochet off the wall and simply extensive – a second that appeared to gentle a fireplace below United.

Bazunu brilliantly prevented Varane handing over a Fernandes free-kick earlier than the United skipper led offended appeals for a penalty having claimed Walker-Peters had fouled him within the field.

Each referee and VAR had been having none of that, so too the claims for handball towards Armel Bella-Kotchap.

Boos greeted the half-time whistle as De Gea chuntered in referee Taylor’s ear.

The break took the sting out of the Previous Trafford fury and Saints went near a Forty ninth-minute opener. Walker-Peters darted previous Rashford and despatched a pushed cross that substitute Scott McTominay deflected in the direction of his personal aim, with Wan-Bissaka getting again to hack off the road.

Southampton once more went shut within the 54th minute. Fernandes was adjudged to have fouled the spectacular Romeo Lavia and Ward-Prowse’s free-kick grazed the highest of the bar.

The guests continued to threaten from useless balls and open play, with De Gea pulling of a second large save of the day within the sixty fourth minute.

Wan-Bissaka’s poor cross was minimize out and Walcott was racing by. Lisandro Martinez was on his tail and the veteran slowed earlier than getting away a shot that De Gea acrobatically pushed extensive.

To not be outdone, quickly Bazunu pulled off a fair higher cease.

Fernandes was allowed to get away a rasping effort from the sting of the field and half the bottom thought it was in, just for a superb fingertip save to take it onto the submit and throughout the face of aim.

The woodwork was rattled on the different finish moments later as Walker-Peters took purpose with a thumping drive off the far submit.

Southampton had additional probabilities that they did not take whereas Rashford noticed penalty appeals rejected and Alejandro Garnacho writhed in ache after a Walker-Peters problem on him within the field because the match wound down.