Marcus Rashford claimed his first goal of the campaign on 41 minutes to give United a 2-0 lead at half-time. Manuel Ugarte came on in the second half for his United debut ahead of a possible full debut against Barnsley in the League Cup third round on Tuesday. Alejandro Garnacho added a late goal to complete a good afternoon’s work.
Here are how the players rated at St Mary’s:
Andre Onana
Thwarted Tyler Dibling at 0-0 and then stopped Cameron Archer’s back-pass of a penalty. Seven minutes later, United were 2-0 up. 8
Noussair Mazraoui
Another solid showing at right back and starting to become more prominent in attacks, hitting the side-netting. 6
Matthijs de Ligt
Kyle Walker-Peters failed to punish him and then De Ligt punished Southampton to end a chastening week on a resilient note. 7
Lisandro Martinez
Back to his old self. Read the danger perfectly a number of times and his distribution was smoother on a good day for United’s centre halves. 8
Diogo Dalot
Continued at left back and had such an uncomfortable time against Dibling he clumsily conceded a penalty. Will have been relieved to see Dibling go off. 6
Kobbie Mainoo
His subdued start to the season continued. Booked for deliberately handling the ball after he dawdled on it. Stayed on longer than anticipated. 6
Christian Eriksen
Did not have the smoothest of starts to his reunion with Mainoo but United scored from two corner-kick routines he started. 6
Amad
United’s best player. Quick, strong and almost always made the right decision. Integral to United’s openings before they scored. 8
Bruno Fernandes
Supported Joshua Zirkzee in the pressing that United switched to 4-4-2 out of possession and he crossed for De Ligt to score. Booked for dissent. 6
Marcus Rashford
Scored his first goal of the campaign with an accurate strike to build on the chances he created against Liverpool. 7
Joshua Zirkzee
Failed to convert an excellent chance at 0-0 after a slow start but grew into the game, forcing a save from Aaron Ramsdale and using the ball well. 6
Subs
Harry Maguire
Booked within seconds of coming on. 5
Alejandro Garnacho
Scythed down by Jack Stephens, who was sent off. A threat and scored. 8
Manuel Ugarte
Drew a foul with one of his first actions. 6
Jonny Evans
Slotted in at left back. 6
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