Erik ten Hag could not believe what he was watching in the 20th minute during Manchester United's match against Southampton on Saturday afternoon. Anthony Elanga, Christian Eriksen and Bruno Fernandes had each been prevented from scoring in quick succession.
Southampton somehow prevented a goal from that sequence of shots and Ralph Hasenhuttl's defenders felt as if they had scored at the other end. United should have scored and Ten Hag was left standing in disbelief on the touchline. Diogo Dalot was the catalyst for those openings after roaming down the right channel from right-back and that was clearly an area in which he was finding joy.
Dalot provided more quality in the final third than Anthony Elanga did and he was also outperforming his teammates on the other side. Malacia didn't stand out going forward and Jadon Sancho was easily dealt with by 20-year-old Armel Bella-Kotchap.
