Alexandre jankewitz he was going to have his dream night. The Swiss midfielder reached the first team of the Southampton, and after being one game on the bench and entering another last minute, he finally made his debut in the starting eleven in the Premier League. And nothing more and nothing less than against him Manchester United in Old Trafford. But in an instant the dream turned into a nightmare.
Jankewitz going to the locker room after the expulsion. Photo: REUTERS.
To the 81 seconds of play, the 19-year-old boy went to lock with a high plank against Scott McTominay. A kick that left the United Scotsman on the floor and the perpetrator off the field. Direct red and the showers. An expulsion with record: was fastest in Premier League history. The previous mark was 89 seconds, by McAuley in 2015.
But the expulsion was not all, because the night was very long for Southampton. The team of Solskjaer, which came from two bad results (defeat against Sheffield and tie with him Arsenal), showed that he wants to return to the top of the Premier and did not forgive the Saints: they thrashed 9-0. Wellfor English football books!
The first arrived at 18 ‘by the hand of Wan-Bissaka, with a center of the left side that defined the right side. At 25 ‘, Rashford doubled the difference. The story began to sentence at 34 ‘, when Jan Bednarek (Southampton defender) closed a center badly and made it 3-0 against. At 39 ‘, the one who appeared was Edinson Cavani. El Matador headed a center of Luke Shaw to put the game room. Sixth goal for Charrúa with the English shirt, and first at Old Trafford.
Cavani’s header. Photo: AFP.
In the second half, the Red Devils did not take their foot off the gas. 24 ‘into the second half Martial controlled a fly pass from Bruno Fernandes and defined from inside the area to make it 5-0. Two minutes later Scott McTominay, victim of the early kick, scored the sixth from outside the area.
Five from the end, Bednarek (the scorer) left his team with nine. He was expelled for a penalty committed against Martial. Y Bruno Fernandes – who did not score four games ago – he hit from 12 steps. Two minutes later the French forward reappeared to put the second of his personal account, the eighth of the team. But the locals did not stop. In 48 ‘ Daniel James sentenced the final result, 9-0.A goal show at Old Trafford!
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer celebrates the victory. Photo: REUTERS.
Ejection at 81 seconds it is not the only record of the match. United’s win equals the historic mark of the Premier League. There are two antecedents of games that finished 9-0 and both have the same teams as protagonists. The first is from 1995, that night, also at Old Trafford, the Manchester team beat the Ipswich Town with Andy Cole as a figure (he got five). The other 9-0 win is from 2019. That time, Southampton were beaten by Leicester of local. This time he had to suffer outside the home.
Manchester United made history against Southampton. Photo: AFP.
With Tuesday’s loss, the Saints became the first team in the 133-year history of the English first division to lose 9-0 at home and away. Also, it was United’s third time winning by nine. In 1982 they beat 10-1 Wolverhampton.
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