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Manchester United vs Southampton just ended in a draw. But the Red Devils still successfully recorded a number of wow. Anything?
Man United vs Soton, Tuesday (07/14/2020) early morning hrs, ended with a score of 2-2. Goals from Stuart Armstrong put the visitors ahead, before the visitors responded through goals from Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial. Michael Obafemi’s goal in injury time then made the match end without a winner with a 2-2 draw.
Refer to the statistical summary at ManUtd.com, one of the statistics presented by Ole Gunner Solskjaer’s squad from the results was not optimal is that the Red Devils are now without defeat in 18 consecutive matches in all competitions.
It was the best series of Manchester United since the championship season in 2012/2013, when they also drove without losing in 18 matches in a row. Next, the Red Devils will try to match the unbeaten series of 29 matches ever recorded in the April-November 2010 period.
However, this series is still far from the MU’s internal record of 45 matches unbeaten in all competitions on 26 December 1998 until 3 October 1999.
In addition, this draw against Soton also made goalkeeper David De Gea the 27th player to have played 400 games for Man United. The achievement was only four days after the Spanish goalkeeper overtook Peter Schmeichel as MU foreign player with the most number of appearances.
In different sectors, precisely on the front lines, Anthony Martial posted his 50th goal for Man United in the Premier League and became the 10th player at a club that had that achievement. No other team has so many players to record 50 such goals.
Against Soton, Martial has also scored in five straight matches at Old Trafford. Since Robin van Persie did it in 2012/2013, only Anthony Martial has been able to do it again.
Still a matter of Martial, his collaboration with Rashford has now led to 21 goals in a season. Martial’s assist for Rashford in Manchester United’s first goal against Soton was the sixth time the combination of them both produced goals in the Premier League this season. Since the Premier League era, no other MU duet can match that achievement.
Not only that, Marcus Rashford himself also recorded another achievement. Rashford has scored 16 Premier League goals this season, making it his most productive season. Among the U-23 players in the top five European leagues this season, Rashford’s goals have only lost much to Kylian Mbappe (18 goals) and Jadon Sancho (17 goals).
One other assist in Man United’s goal against Soton was made by Bruno Fernandes, adding to the record of the Portuguese player since being recruited in January. His assist in Anthony Martial’s goal made Bruno Fernandes active involvement in Manchester United’s goals, both through goals and assists, now reaching 14. No other January recruitment has contributed more goals + assists in his debut season in the Premier League.
Michael Obafemi’s goal in the 96th minute, which forced the score to be 2-2, was the last minute goal that has nested in Manchester United’s goal since choose began recording detailed goal data in 2006/2007.
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