Manchester United star Amad Diallo shines in 3-0 win over Southampton
Manchester United Winger Amad Diallo put in a sensational attacking performance during the 3-0 win. Premier League victory over Southampton at St Mary's on Saturday afternoon.
The Ivorian ace has impressed for Manchester United since the end of last season and was rewarded with a starting place against the Saints after a fine display before the international break.
The youngster made the most of his opportunity with a fantastic offensive display. The 22-year-old created 6 opportunities against Russell Martin's side and provided the assist for Marcus RashfordA lucky goal.
The Atalanta player completed 51 of his 57 passes and won 5 of 8 duels. He outplayed Bruno Fernandes, who created just one chance, which was the assist for Matthijs de Ligt's opener.
It was a fabulous performance from the winger, who is competing for a place with Alejandro Garnacho.
Garnacho scored from the bench in the dying seconds of the game to make it 3-0, but Diallo has surely done enough to keep his place for next weekend's league game against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
Before that, the Red Devils have a Carabao Cup third round match on Tuesday night, where head coach Erik the Hag He could take the opportunity to use his bench to rest some of his key players.
United have had a disastrous start to the top flight campaign with just 3 points from 3 games and things could have been worse.
Andre Onana made a brilliant penalty save in the first half against Southampton that sparked the comeback. United scored two quick goals after Onana's heroics and went on to claim a convincing victory.
With victory on the South Coast, the Manchester giants have moved into the top half of the league table and ten Hag will hope his side can continue the momentum with a long winning streak.
As well as Diallo's performance, there were plenty of other positives. De Ligt scored his first goal for United in a dominant man-of-the-match performance, while Rashford scored his first goal after 12 games.
