Manchester United equalled a Premier League record for the largest margin of victory, with a 9-0 crushing of Southampton on Tuesday.
The Saints got off to the worst possible start at Old Trafford, after Alexandre Jankewitz was shown a straight red card for an ugly challenge on Scott McTominay after only two minutes.
Armed with a man advantage, United scored four in the first half.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Marcus Rashford, a Jan Bednarek own goal and Edinson Cavani saw Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men take a 4-0 lead at half-time.
After the break, Southampton conceded two goals to Anthony Martial, one to McTominay and one each to Bruno Fernandes and Daniel James while also seeing Bednarek shown a red card.
With the win, United equalled the largest margin of victory in the Premier League, which they set in 1995 with a 9-0 win over Ipswich Town.
Leicester City would equal the record in October 2019 when they also demolished Southampton 9-0.
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