Southampton vs Manchester United

1. 94'

   It's all over: a terrific match ends in a win for United thanks to Van Persie and his hat-trick. Southampton, playing like this, will get something soon

2. 94'

   But you have to hand it to United: they do this sort of thing again and again and again. They try to break with Hernandez, but he's offside. Seconds to go now

3. 93'

   This is harsh on Southampton: three defeats from three is not what they deserve after the quality of their performances against City and then United

4. 92'

   <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b> <b>And United have won it</b> - Van Persie flicks in a header. He has his hat-trick, Fergie has a victory in his landmark game

5. 91'

   The ball will be whipped in yet again: thousands of United crosses, it seems, in the last few minutes

6. 90'

   Four minutes of stoppage time, which United mark by winning a corner. Fonte clears. This is tense

7. 89'

   <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Hernandez, by the way, came on for Welbeck (72 minutes)

8. 89'

   Fox plays it deep, Ward-Prowse has a shot blocked. Then Fox blazes over

9. 88'

   Hooiveld gets there, but Vidic just does enough to stop him getting a clean header. It's another corner

10. 87'

    Back come Saints, and they win a corner. Can they find a late goal of their own? Plenty forward...

11. 86'

    <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b> And the pressure tells: Hernandez crosses, Ferdinand heads against the post and Van Persie atones for his penalty miss by poking in the leveller. It's all on again

12. 85'

    But the pressure is growing. Everyone's up in the Southampton area most of the time

13. 84'

    Again, Southampton are there. Again, Scholes steps in. Again, United cross, but substitute Hernandez can't get there

14. 83'

    Ward-Prowse typifies the Southampton attitude, first to a loose ball in midfield, but Scholes picks up the pieces and looks to go long towards Evra

15. 83'

    Hooiveld does well to see off Hernandez as the United man looks to raid down the right

16. 82'

    Fergie's anxious on the touchline: this isn't the way his 1,000th league game in charge of United was supposed to go

17. 81'

    And that'll be their throw, too. Another booming chorus of 'When the Saints Go Marching In' from a home crowd who, unsurprisingly, have loved pretty much every second of this

18. 80'

    And another Southampton clearance. They're holding firm, and win a free-kick inside their own half for a foul by Rafael

19. 79'

    Another raid, another United corner

20. 78'

    United are getting more and more crosses in - Saints need to find a spell of possession to ease the pressure

21. 77'

    <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Jay Rodriguez is on for the excellent, excellent, Adam Lallana

22. 76'

    Can they hold their nerve? Van Persie is in, but Hooiveld gets there and Saints whack it away. If they keep doing that, it'll keep coming back at them

23. 75'

    United upping the tempo. Nani tries to find a ball in. Southampton clear, but then give it away

24. 74'

    <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif">Puncheon off, Emmanuel Mayuka on. It's his debut. What an occasion to make it on. Goal hero Lambert, this year's Grant Holt, is off and Guly Do Prado on

25. 73'

    Carrick crosses, but that's beyond everyone

Leaders

SOUMAN

Total Shots

Adam Lallana

4

Robin van Persie

11

Accurate Passes

Morgan Schneiderlin

57

Michael Carrick

115

Saves

Kelvin Davis

4

Anders Lindegaard

2