23rd September, 2017
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Romelu Lukaku scored his sixth Premier League goal of the season to give Manchester United a hard-fought victory at Southampton.
Lukaku broke the deadlock on 20 minutes, converting the rebound after Saints goalkeeper Fraser Forster parried his header from Ashley Young’s cross.
BBC Sports reports that the result maintains United’s unbeaten start to their league campaign, although they are second in the table, behind Manchester City on goal difference.
Their latest victory was not routine as Southampton piled on the pressure in the second half, and United’s Marouane Fellaini had to clear Oriol Romeu’s header off the line.
In a bizarre end to the match, referee Craig Pawson sent United boss Jose Mourinho to the stand.
Asked why he had been dismissed, Mourinho said: “I don’t know. You have to ask the referee.”
The Portuguese added he did not think he had gone on the pitch.