On a night where everything seemed to go Man Utd's way from the second minute onwards, it's perhaps easier to look a cut above.
A red card to Southampton's Alexandre Jankewitz not long after kick-off certainly swung the game firmly in United's favour, but there were still three points to attain.
That said, Ralph Hasenhuttl's side had already been depleted through a number of injuries. And the Saints' boss bore the face of someone who knew the jig was up as Jankewitz trudged down the Old Trafford tunnel.
Whether he anticipated another 9-0 drubbing at that stage is unlikely, but it quickly became a reality. For United's players, it was a free for all once Aaron Wan-Bissaka's goal signalled the opening of the flood gates.
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