Manchester pile on the pressure with win at Southampton

No goal for Gabbiadini

Having missed the last three league games through a groin injury Manolo returned to Claude Puel’s eleven on Saturday evening.

It was a tight game which gave the former Napoli man little opportunity to show his golden touch in front of goal – having scored four goals in his first four Premier League outings since joining.

The Italian showed great craft early in the first half to find Dusan Tadic in space on the penalty spot, only for the Serb to fire agonisingly over the bar.

From there on, however, Gabbiadini had little to do and will have been as frustrated as those fans who jeered manager Claude Puel when he was taken off on the hour mark.