Manchester United vs Southampton -  5 Key Talking Points

#4 Southampton deserve all the plaudits for their spirit and discipline

Hoedt puts in a brilliant tackle to prevent Rashford racing into the box

While Southampton shipped 5 goals against Tottenham, most tend to forget that they did score 2 themselves and could easily have had 3 more if they'd been as clinical as Harry Kane at the other end.

They are also the same team that required a 96th-minute winner from Raheem Sterling to beat when the juggernaut that is City rolled into town, so it's not as much doom and gloom as everyone is making it out to be for United.

The Saints are a solid outfit, and while under Mauricio Pellegrino they've alternated between helter-pelter entertainers (Spurs) and a disciplined, organized, defensive unit (the Manchester clubs) and while they've admittedly been poor in patches, yesterday was not one of those days.

On another day, they might even have walked out winners at Old Trafford - a day where David De Gea was not in United goal - but they'd be mighty pleased with the point... even if it did come at the end of a run of 8 games without a win.

With the £75 million in the bank now, and a major sour-influence out of the dressing room, the former Alaves manager should have the resources to strengthen his squad over the course of the next month.