Russell Martin: “I think the penalty miss has changed the whole game,” says Southampton’s manager in an interview with TNT Sports. “I thought we were great up until then, we played really, really well and I was really happy with so much of the performance.
“We didn’t respond very well to the penalty miss and the goals are nonsense – two second phase set plays, which is frustrating because there really wasn’t very much in it at that point.
“And then the second half is both teams not really gertting any grip on the game but really trying. Then we had a man sent off and it was about damage limitation at that point, so I’m really frustrated that we conceded the third goal.
“So there was so much good stuff and there was plenty to be pleased about in that first half but the penalty miss just changed the whole atmosphere around the game.”
Erik ten Hag: “The start was not easy,” says Manchester United’s manager in an interview with the BBC. “I think the penalty was the turning point in the game. From that moment on, the game was all ours.”
On Matthijs de Ligt playing well: “I’m not surprised,” he says. “At this moment he is not fit, he’s not at 100% speed. He needs the games to go up to it. We see glimpses now and once he’s there he will do much better. We are happy with him and especially today with his game.”
On Marcus Rashford’s goal: “It’s very important. For every striker, they want to be on the scoring list. Once the first is in, more is coming. Once a striker was talking about a ketchup bottle: once it’s going, it’s coming more.”
On Manuel Ugarte: “He didn’t work with the team, it was two sessions, one before the break and yesterday. He was the only one later into the team training [after the international break] so only yesterday he had 20 minutes training with the team. We were happy we could bring him today and show what he could deliver to our team.”
