Late Diallo hat-trick snatches win for United over Southampton

Trailing to a deserved opener from the team rock bottom in the Premier League, Joshua Zirkzee capped an influential substitute outing by driving forward and finding Diallo on the wing ten minutes from time.

HAT-TRICK: Amad Diallo of Manchester United scores a hat-trick to secure three points for Manchester United. Picture: Carl Recine/Getty Images

Premier League: Manchester United 3 (Diallo 82', 90', 90+4') Southampton 1 (Ugarte 43' (OG))

NOT for the first time in recent weeks, Ruben Amorim saw Amad Diallo snatch vital goals, with a 12-minute hat-trick that averted disaster for his team but, as had been the case so often this season, Manchester United managed to follow a couple of shuffles forward with a step back.