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Southampton’s injury-time equaliser leaves Manchester United cursing missed chances
Michael Obafemi scores Southampton’s last-minute equaliser against Manchester United

THERE was an injury-time plot twist at Old Trafford in the race to secure Champions League football next season.

20-year-old Michael Obafemi netted a 96th-minute equaliser for Southampton against Manchester United, having only entered the field of play with six minutes of normal time remaining. 

The away side took a deserved lead on 12 minutes when Stuart Armstrong fired the ball past David de Gea.

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