Mason Greenwood earns Manchester United a draw at Southampton

Red Devils attacker scores after break after Fred own goal gave Saints into first-half lead

SOUTHAMPTON RATINGS: Alex McCarthy - 6: Saved Maguire header on brink of half-time and did well not to spill with Pogba waiting to pounce. Will not be happy that Greenwood’s strike for equaliser went through his legs. Good stop from Fernandes header. Getty

Valentino Livramento - 7: Chopped ball away from goal line during scramble after United hit bar seven minutes in. Surging run down right and good ball into middle after 40 minutes but should have put Armstrong through earlier. Saints appear to have found a gem in the teenage full-back. Getty

Jack Stephens - 7: Barged Fernandes off ball in run-up to opening goal that United felt should have been foul. No-nonsense defender whose distribution can be a bit wayward at times. Reuters

Mohammed Salisu - 8: Important block on line before Livramento cleared away in early scramble. Greenwood shot went through his legs – and the keeper’s – for United goal. Martial barely got a kick and Salisu played key role in that. AFP

Romain Perraud - 7: French left-back guilty of needless foul on Fred that resulted in United hitting the bar from resulting free-kick in first 10 minutes. Tried to get forward when possible and summer signing did well on home debut. PA

Theo Walcott - 6: Quiet first half on right wing where Shaw’s runs down the flank must have caused concern to manager Hasenhuttl as the former England attacker was hooked in tactical switch at break. AFP

James Ward-Prowse - 7: Tried to catch out De Gea with free-kick at near post in first couple of minutes that United keeper palmed round for corner. Saw second-half free-kick hit straight at Spaniard parried away. Reuters

Oriol Romeu - 6: Another Saints player guilty of silly early foul that almost saw United scoring from resulting free-kick – Pogba heading over his time. Caught in possession a couple of times in first half and looked off pace. Loves a battle though - pushed Sancho in head for no reason at one point. Getty

Moussa Djenepo - 6: Loves his extravagant stepovers although didn’t really get him anywhere here. Booked just after half-time for foul on Fred. Can be a match-winner for Saints – this wasn’t one of those matches. Getty

Che Adams - 7: Saints took lead after 30 minutes when his shot took huge deflection off Fred to leave De Gea with no chance. Flashed second-half header across face of goal. Signs that partnership with Armstrong could be an effective one. Reuters

Adam Armstrong - 8: Curled shot over bar from edge of box just before half-hour mark but should have scored in second half when clean through but shot too close to De Gea. Made some great runs that his teammates failed to pick out. PA

SUBS: Jan Bednarek – (On for Walcott 46’) 6: On at break in tactical move by Saints and was under pressure right away at back as United dominated start of second half. Reuters

Ibrahima Diallo – (On for Djenepo 69’) 5: Struggled to pick up pace of game at first and was slow in possession. Kyle Walker-Peters – (On for Perraud 79’) N/A. Reuters

MANCHESTER UNITED RATINGS: David De Gea - 7: Had to be alert to save a cheeky free-kick in the first minute, but no chance of stopping Che Adams’ deflected effort. Anticipated well when Armstrong was clean on goal and, oddly, punched a free-kick away from the same player when it looked an easy catch. AFP

Aaron Wan-Bissaka - 6: Mediocre. Beautiful 64th minute cross to Bruno – and he made two good crosses inside four minutes. A threat at times, clumsy at others. Getty

Victor Lindelof - 6: Played well last week and deserved to keep his place but missed a headed chance from a Fernandes free-kick and didn’t look an authority against a side picking up their first league point. EPA

Harry Maguire - 5: Let Adams shoot for Saints’ goal. Also uncharacteristically lost possession on occasions and a howler came after 73 minutes to put his side at risk, but De Gea saved it – and the centre-half's blushes. Rightly booked two minutes later. Hands full with the tireless Armstrong. AFP

Luke Shaw - 6: Free-kick met Pogba’s head as United’s early dominance against his former club went unrewarded. Fine 82nd minute challenge as Saints had chances to get an unexpected winner. Poor ball as United broke in search of a winner in last minute but always showed attacking intent. AFP

Nemanja Matic - 6: Impressive pre-season and started as McTominay not 100 per cent fit. Not as fast or physical as the Scottish midfielder. Late stretch across goal as Southampton caused serious threats. Busier as United lost momentum but brought off as offered little going forward. PA

Fred - 5: Scored last week – and this week, except it was an own goal. Poor passing as United lost their early momentum. Whipped a ball in for Greenwood as United pushed to go ahead, but not good enough for the standards expected of a United central midfielder. Getty

Paul Pogba - 7: Looping effort hit crossbar in seventh minute. Should have kept a 12th-minute Shaw free-kick down. Splendid pass to Martial in first half and again in the build-up to Greenwood’s equaliser. Shot wide himself after dazzling with footwork. Playing well. Booked after 90. PA

Bruno Fernandes - 6: Free-kick almost set up a seventh minute opener. Booked for complaining about foul which wasn’t given in run-up to Saints' goal. Settled down and integral to team. Headed a 64th minute cross at goal. Getty

Mason Greenwood - 7: Scored for the second successive game, a vital equaliser via a scuffed shot through a crowded box after being set up by Pogba. Now 31 United goals and still only a teenager. Comfortable. AFP

Anthony Martial - 5: Couldn’t get enough on a seventh minute chance to get the ball over the line. Still struggling to convince after coming back from injury. Unlikely to get too many more opportunities if he doesn’t improve when likes of Cavani and Rashford are available. Brought off early and could have no complaints. PA

SUBS: Jadon Sancho – (On for Martial 59’) 5: Involved in attacks but took too many touches. Limited impact. Getty

Scott McTominay – (On for Fred 76’) N/A. On for a United side who couldn’t maintain their early pressure. Energetic.. Reuters

Jesse Lingard – (On for Matic 86’) N/A. AFP

Mason Greenwood's second-half goal earned Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side a point at Southampton as Manchester United equalled the top-flight’s longest unbeaten away record.

United did not lose single league game on the road last season and this draw at St Mary's Stadium took their unbeaten league away run to 27 matches, putting them level with Arsenal in 2003/04.

This was the first time the two teams had faced each other since Southampton's humiliating 9-0 capitulation at Old Trafford in February but there was to be no repeat on the south coast on Sunday.

James Ward-Prowse had the first effort of the game when his attempt to catch out David De Gea at the near post from a free-kick needed the Spaniard to palm the shot out for a corner.

United had a chance too when Harry Maguire and Paul Pogba tried to reach a Bruno Fernandes free-kick, with the ball looping onto the bar. Mohammed Salisu blocked Anthony Martial’s follow-up header before impressive teenage full-back Tino Livramento cleared it away.

Saints' summer signing from Blackburn Rovers, Adam Armstrong, curled over the bar from outside the box before the home side took the lead half an hour into the game.

Fernandes was furious that Jack Stephens was not punished for a foul in the build-up but a nice move involving Moussa Djenepo, Armstrong and Che Adams saw the latter's shot take a huge deflection off Fred for the United midfielder's own goal.

Fernandes was booked for arguing with the referee after the goal and Saints then threatened a second, with Livramento superbly bursting down the right only to just overhit a cross.

United dominated at the start of the second half and the equaliser was no surprise. Pogba poked a Fernandes ball on to Greenwood, whose shot beat Alex McCarthy and found the back of the net in front of delighted away fans.

Jadon Sancho replaced Martial and Pogba was soon tormenting the Southampton defence before hitting a left-footed shot across the face of goal.

But it was Armstrong who will be dreaming of what might have been in the 73rd minute. Ward-Prowse took the ball off a dithering Maguire and Adams threaded through Armstrong whose shot was too close to De Gea and the Spanish goalkeeper saved well.

On their amazing record away from Old Trafford, Greenwood said: "We've done well. It's hard coming away from home to play at these away grounds and with the fans back today it makes a difference but hopefully we can go onto the next game and win.

"There's a little bit of disappointment. I think we should have got all three points with a late goal. Southampton did well. They defended well but I think we should have went for it after the equaliser but unfortunately we didn't."

Southampton defender Livramento said: "We knew it was going to be a battle. Man Utd are a massive club and have quality all over the pitch.

"We knew the way we could compete was by being physical and aggressive with the press and hitting them on the counter. I feel we could have won the game, maybe could have lost the game, but a draw is a fair result."