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Manchester United's undefeated stretch goes on and nine times last term they conceded first only to win away from home in the Premier League.
They did it straightaway this season. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer warned the trend was unsustainable with crowds back and this was a truer gauge of where United are really at.
That omen has expired. Southampton, like last year, struck first and elicited the reaction Solskjaer would have desired at a ground United have still not lost at since 2003.
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