Manchester United 0 - 1 Southampton

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Substitute Charlie Austin scored seven minutes into his Southampton debut to inflict more Old Trafford pain on a lacklustre Manchester United.
Austin rose to head home a corner in the 87th minute to win an otherwise dour game of few chances.
Southampton have now won at United in the league for the last two seasons.
United and their manager Louis van Gaal were booed off by home fans at full-time after producing just one shot on target in 90 minutes.
They have won just one of their past five home games - and have failed to score in three of those.
United's first-half record in front of goal is even worse. They have now gone eight hours and 26 minutes without scoring in the first 45 minutes of games at Old Trafford.
Van Gaal's side are now five points behind fourth-placed Tottenham, who won 3-1 at Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Southampton are now just four points and three league places behind United, having won their past three matches. The win also ends a four-match losing streak away from St Mary's for Ronald Koeman's team.

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Substitute Charlie Austin scored seven minutes into his Southampton debut to inflict more Old Trafford pain on a lacklustre Manchester United.
Austin rose to head home a corner in the 87th minute to win an otherwise dour game of few chances.
Southampton have now won at United in the league for the last two seasons.
United and their manager Louis van Gaal were booed off by home fans at full-time after producing just one shot on target in 90 minutes.
They have won just one of their past five home games - and have failed to score in three of those.
United's first-half record in front of goal is even worse. They have now gone eight hours and 26 minutes without scoring in the first 45 minutes of games at Old Trafford.
Van Gaal's side are now five points behind fourth-placed Tottenham, who won 3-1 at Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Southampton are now just four points and three league places behind United, having won their past three matches. The win also ends a four-match losing streak away from St Mary's for Ronald Koeman's team.

Norwich City 4-5 Liverpool: Late Lallana strike seals emphatic victory
Jack Lusby on 23.01.2016


A last-minute strike from Adam Lallana sealed a 4-5 win for Liverpool over Norwich City, in a breathtaking 90 minutes of football.

Norwich City 4-5 Liverpool
Premier League – Carrow Road – Saturday 23rd January 2016
Goals: Firmino 18′, 63′, Henderson 55′, Milner 75′, Lallana 90+4′; Mbokani 29′, Naismith 41′, Hoolahan 54′ (pen), Bassong 90+3′
Taking to Carrow Road on a crisp Saturday afternoon, Liverpool looked to continue their strong run of form with a win against Norwich.
Inspired by the majestic Luis Suarez, Brendan Rodgers‘ Reds routinely thrashed the Canaries in East Anglia, but with a change in management and the loss of the Uruguayan, the landscape of the fixture is much-changed.
Jurgen Klopp will have been desperate to continue Liverpool’s dominance over Norwich, and the German made just one change to the side that lost 1-0 to Manchester United on Sunday.
With Jordon Ibe coming in for Lallana in a 4-3-3 formation, Klopp’s lineup promised high-tempo attacking football, and after a poor start, Liverpool delivered.

Buoyed by the addition of former Everton midfielder Steven Naismith, Norwich looked to push Liverpool back early on, throwing a heavily attacking lineup forward in order to trouble centre-back pairing Kolo Toure and Mamadou Sakho.
With Norwich dominating in the opening stages, Liverpool’s only creative outlet was the pacy Ibe, and it was the No. 33 who played a big hand in his side’s first decisive move, stretching Norwich’s back line to allow Roberto Firmino an opening.
Latching onto an intelligent, disguised pass from James Milner, Firmino clipped an effort beyond Declan Rudd which trickled into the Norwich goal to put Liverpool 1-0 up.
Some similarly suspect defending at the other end allowed the Canaries to claw back within minutes, with Dieumerci Mbokani backheeling past Simon Mignoletto level the score.
Mbokani continued to trouble the Liverpool defence throughout the first half, providing Norwich with a strong, physical pivot in the penalty area.
It was Naismith who fashioned Norwich’s second however, with the January signing firing a powerful, low shot into the bottom corner.
Canaries manager Alex Neil will have been quietly confident heading into the second half, with Klopp’s Reds all at sea in defence and offering little in attack.

With Klopp no doubt looking for his side to make an immediate impact after the interval, having made no changes at the break, the 48-year-old was visibly frustrated after two poor challenges from Alberto Moreno gifted Norwich a penalty.
Stepping up against Mignolet, Wes Hoolahan dispatched the spot-kick with consummate ease, but it wasn’t long before Liverpool had reduced the deficit.
With the ball landing at his feet, Jordan Henderson found himself completely open in the Norwich penalty area, firing a first-time volley past Rudd after a bright counter-attack.
Looking to his bench to change the game, Klopp brought Lallana on in place of Ibe, with the winger’s influence having diminished after the break, and this proved pivotal, with Lallana laying on a superb first-time pass for Firmino’s second and Liverpool’s third.
With close to half an hour left on the clock, Liverpool smelt blood at Carrow Road, and fiercely pushed for a winner, inspired by the excellent Firmino.
Their confidence crumbling, Norwich presented Milner with the simplest of goals, with a dismal backpass from Russell Martin allowing the No. 7 to round Rudd and pass the ball into the back of the net.
Some more poor defensive work threatened to undermine this emphatic comeback, with Sebastian Bassong hammering home an equaliser deep into stoppage time.
But his wasn’t the last twist in the tale, as Lallana had to final say, drilling a loose ball into the ground and beyond Rudd.
The scoreline belied the worrying lack of overall quality from both sides, but Klopp will be overjoyed to take three points away from Carrow Road in what was a testing afternoon for his side.

TIA Man of the Match: Roberto Firmino
Liverpool: Mignolet; Clyne, Toure, Sakho, Moreno (Caulker 90′); Lucas, Henderson (Benteke 76′), Can; Milner, Ibe (Lallana 59′), Firmino
Substitutes: Ward, Caulker, Flanagan, Allen, Teixeira, Lallana, Benteke
Norwich City: Rudd; Pinto, Martin, Bassong, Brady; Dorrans, Howson; Redmond (Jarvis 70′), Hoolahan (Olsson 70′), Naismith (Jerome 82′); Mbokani
Substitutes: Ruddy, Jerome, Jarvis, Klose, Mulumbu, Olsson, Odjidja