The first professional hat-trick of Amad’s career saved Manchester United from an embarrassing defeat against the Premier League‘s bottom club Southampton.
He scored all three of his goals in the last 10 minutes to spare the blushes of Ruben Amorim, whose team had been dominated in the first hour of the match and went behind after a first-half Manuel Ugarte own goal.
It was a deserved lead for Southampton, who scored their first goal from a corner this season, Tyler Dibling‘s flick-on hitting Ugarte’s back and beating Andre Onana.
The United goalkeeper probably should have kept it out, but he had already kept Ruben Amorim’s men in the game with a string of excellent first-half saves.
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Manchester United 3 Southampton 1 – Amad’s hat-trick, Hojlund’s woes and Yoro’s tough night
