The veteran tactician claimed that the striker, who missed a penalty, was able to rectify the situation after scoring a matching winning treble.
Southampton proved to be far tougher opponents than Manchester United had seemingly expected, with the Saints matching the visitors move for move.
And it was the home side who took the lead at St. Mary’s Stadium, with last season’s top scorer Rickie Lambert grabbing the opener after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Patrice-Evra-c29231 slipped and allowed him the chance to find the back of the net on 16 minutes.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 skipper and he made no mistake in blasting the ball home.
Southampton, though ,were far from finished and soon had their noses in front again, this time to influential midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, whose 55th minute strike looked set to grab the three points for the hosts.
Van Persie missed the chance to score from the penalty spot but soon redeemed himself on the 87th minute after diverting Rio Ferdinand’s header that bounced off the post. But the last hurray was still to come, as in classic Hollywood action, the
Dutchman rose highest to win the match for the Reds through Nani’s corner in injury time.
While his hat-trick grabbed the headlines, Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson claims that he would have been end of a famous hair dryer treatment had he not scored three times.
"His first goal was absolutely magnificent - the control and then to bury it away. It was a really, really good goal. His header was excellent too, but he has been a terrific player for us.”
"I just thought we started the game so well and went a goal down when we were controlling the game. That puts you on the back foot a bit. We got an equaliser at the right time and that gave us time to organise ourselves and make sure we controlled the second
half. It didn't go that way and I thought Southampton for the first 20 minutes were very good,” said the Scot.
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