Southampton vs Manchester United; 5 Key Talking Points

#2. If Southampton can find a decent goalscorer, they'll push for a top 7 spot

Shane Long was good, but Southampton need better

The Saints did just about everything right - especially in that second half - and utterly dominated a far-superior-on-paper United team... pegging them back onto the ropes constantly and not giving up the fight until the final whistle.

But for all their possession, and their control, and their dominance, the 1-0 scoreline reflects their greatest failing... the lack of a true goalscorer. As good as Shane Long is, goal-scoring isn't his strongest suit while Manolo Gabbiadini has always been one of the forwards who scores well, but only in irregular bursts.. and Charlie Austin isn't half the player he was before that debilitating injury struck him.

Mauricio Pelligrino worked a miracle at tiny Alaves last year, in La Liga, but the Basque outfit got to the Copa Del Rey final and pushed for a European spot in the league by taking all the chances they created; find someone to do the same at St. Marys and there is no reason why the Saints can't do in England what the tiny Basque outfit did in Spain.