00:00Graeme Souness himself had warned his players that United were bound to be in the mood to make somebody pay
00:05for last week's indignity.
00:07This is what happened.
00:10A South Coast horror show for Alex Ferguson's side.
00:13Last season they looked washed out in grey.
00:16Today they look washed out.
00:18Graeme Souness has been in a signing mood just lately and it's paying off.
00:22As for United and fit again Roy Keane, a familiar story, an early booking for dissent.
00:28Southampton by contrast were buzzing, no one more so than their new Israeli midfielder Eil Berkovic.
00:34He was at the heart of everything, an audacious back hill set up the Norwegian Ostenstad.
00:39Berkovic fittingly slammed home the rebound.
00:42United were getting that déjà vu feeling.
00:45Then an unwise and late challenge by Keane on Lundqvum saw him sent off.
00:51It was arguably more clumsy than malicious but referee Jeff Winter had no hesitation.
00:56And he waved away the United protests.
01:02The Saints visibly grew in confidence.
01:05It was time for a party piece from Matt Letizier.
01:07It arrived courtesy of an audacious chip that had shimmy.
01:11It was touching the air.
01:13The Dell went in delirious.
01:18It looked better in slow motion.
01:20A shimmy past two defenders.
01:21And a chip perfectly executed.
01:28United's pride was hurt.
01:30And David Beckham's free kick, a powerful reminder that the game wasn't over yet.
01:39But back came Southampton, the irrepressible Berkovic, feeding the Norwegian Egil Ostenstad.
01:45And United's defence cruelly exposed from the tightest of angles.
01:493-1, the Dell had barely time to catch its breath.
01:54A tale of two managers at half-time.
01:56At least one dressing room would soon offer no hiding place.
02:00No change of shirts at the interval, but United were now rolling up.
02:05Beckham setting up Jordi Cruyff.
02:07But a hideous miss from close range.
02:09Russian said it all.
02:14Another Beckham free kick led to United's second.
02:18David May bravely rushing Southampton's defence on the blind side.
02:21Would this be the start of a United fight back?
02:27It wasn't.
02:28Their defensive frail.
02:31Two headers, no challenges, and Berkovic volleying in his second.
02:35The Israeli midfielder looking the bargain of the season.
02:42United's defending plunge from bad to dreadful.
02:46Berkovic again splitting them apart.
02:48Ostenstad with his second.
02:50The United defence nowhere.
02:52The Dells' decibel level getting higher.
02:56In injury time, United raise themselves for one last effort.
03:00A clumsy consolation goal.
03:02Paul scolds the scorer of what looked like the match's last goal.
03:09But the Southampton party wasn't quite over.
03:12United's defence again caught out by Ostenstad's run.
03:16He completed a memorable hat-trick.
03:20The Norwegian striker was the talk of the Premiership and how he was savouring it.
03:29When I scored the goal in the last minute of the first half, then my self-confidence was even better.
03:37So it was a perfect game for a front player because there were so many players in front of both
03:42of the goals.
03:43So I think it must have been a great match to watch.
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