Southampton Legends 3-5 Man United Legends: Match Report – Man United News And Transfer News

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Manchester United legends had been concerned in a frantic encounter on Saturday afternoon.

FA Cup re-match

The Crimson Devils had the likes of Antonio Valencia enjoying for them in a 5-3 win at St Mary’s Stadium towards Southampton.

The match was held to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Saints beating United within the FA Cup closing of 1976. While Southampton gained 1-0 on that day, United’s legends got here out on high on a sunny afternoon on the south coast.

Stuart Pearson and Andy Ritchie had been the top coaches for United, whereas Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier was within the reverse dugout for Southampton.

Targets

Lee Barnard gave the Saints the lead within the first half after 13 minutes.

Phil Bardsley responded on the very finish of the half with a drilled end into the underside nook after good work by Valencia. Fraizer Campbell accomplished the comeback by pouncing on a spilled cross to offer the United legends a 2-1 lead.

Rickie Lambert introduced the hosts stage, however Campbell gave United the lead as soon as extra after some good build-up play with Dimitar Berbatov. Campbell nearly grabbed a hat-trick, however his thumping header crashed off the underside of the bar.

Bulgarian star Berbatov noticed a penalty saved earlier than Lee Barnard equalised once more for the Saints to make it 3-3. The motion was not performed there, although, as United’s fourth objective arrived via Danny Webber after he was put via by the harmful Campbell.

Lastly, Bardsley scored his second of the match to offer United a 5-3 victory on a totally gratifying afternoon.

United XI: Van der Gouw; Bardsley, Johnsen (c), Brown, Simpson; Djemba-Djemba, Gibson; Valencia, Saha, Webber; Berbatov.

Substitutes: Pilkington, Djordjic, Pugh, Campbell.

Targets: Bardsley 45+2, 90, Campbell 49, 63, Webber 83.

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