Dalot applauds United spirit in ´unbelievable´ Southampton win

Diogo Dalot thinks Manchester United showed the kind of spirit historically associated with the club during Saturday’s thrilling 3-2 win over Southampton.

United’s victory saw them move back above Arsenal into the Champions League spots, while they are now just three points adrift of third-place Tottenham, who have not won any of their three most recent games.

It was by no means a straightforward outing for United, however, as they fell behind in the first half to a ferocious Yan Valery strike, drawing level in the second when Andreas Pereira found the top-right corner with a sublime curling effort.

Romelu Lukaku made it 2-1 to United soon after, only for James Ward-Prowse’s fine free-kick 15 minutes from time to peg the hosts back again.

But Lukaku’s second late on finally ended Saints’ resistance, and Dalot – who impressed as a second-half replacement for the injured Alexis Sanchez – felt it was a quintessential United display.

Speaking to the club’s official website, Dalot said: “This is Man United. When you’re 1-0 down, we know the crowd always pushes for us and we wanted to win it.

“It was unbelievable today.”

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“I think the badge speaks for itself when we talk about comebacks, desire and attitude, and for us it was just another game that we gave everything in.

“It was like a two-second punch in the stomach when we conceded that second goal, it was a good goal too, which David [de Gea] had no chance with.

“But we knew we had maybe 10 minutes more and, like I said, it’s Man United and we wanted to win it, and Rom got us the other goal.

“It’s always a pleasure to play in this stadium and what a game to win with such a great comeback. It was unbelievable.”

Up next for United on Wednesday is the Champions League last-16 second leg away to Paris Saint-Germain, who won 2-0 at Old Trafford last month.

Dalot insists United go into it with no fear, however, as they have nothing to lose.

“We have no pressure on us [on Wednesday] because we are 2-0 down, but we know in football anything is possible and, in this club, you know that even more,” the full-back said.

“We feel that if we can score a goal, then they will be worried, so we will focus on doing that.”