Frantic, vibrant, tetchy on occasion, and featuring a first-half Casemiro sending off which may mean a four-game ban: as a goalless draw this was breathless entertainment and the point Manchester United and Southampton emerged with a fair result.
United did not like the Brazilian’s dismissal which, as a second this season (in his past eight outings), could invoke an extra-match tariff, or much else of the performance of Anthony Taylor as he later turned down two penalty shouts. But despite their lowly position Southampton were a muscular, pacy opponent and will feel they might have won on…
