Manchester United 3 - 2 Southampton: Jose Mourinho wins first title for Man U

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a dramatic 87th minute winner as Manchester United edged Southampton to win the EFL Cup in a pulsating Wembley final.

Ibrahinmovic had given United the lead with a sublime free-kick before Jesse Lingard made it 2-0 from the edge of the box after Marcos Rojo's cut-back.

Yet Southampton staged a remarkable fightback, Manolo Gabbiadini tucking home through the legs of David de Gea shortly before the interval.
Southampton equalised when Gabbiadini, a £14m buy from Napoli earlier this month, held off Chris Smalling before spinning and scoring with a low finish, before Ibrahimovic's powerful header from Ander Herrera's cross.

The Saints had been denied a third goal when the score was 2-2 when Oriol Romeu headed against the post from a corner.

The win secured Jose Mourinho his first major trophy in his first season as United manager.

Reaction from Wembley as Manchester United beat
Southampton in the EFL Cup final

Line-ups

Man Utd
1 de Gea
25 A Valencia
3 Bailly
12 Smalling
5 Rojo
21 Herrera
6 Pogba
8 Mata Carrick 45'
14 Lingard Rashford 77'
11 Martial Fellaini 90'
9 Ibrahimovic


Substitutes
10 Rooney
16 Carrick
17 Blind
18 Young
19 Rashford
20 Romero
27 Fellaini


Southampton
1 Forster
2 Soares
24 Stephens
3 Yoshida
21 Bertrand
16 Ward-Prowse
14 Romeu
8 Davis Rodriguez 90'
22 Redmond
11 Tadic Boufal 77'
20 Gabbiadini Long 83'


Substitutes
7 Long
9 Rodriguez
12 Cáceres
19 Boufal
23 Højbjerg
38 McQueen
40 Hassen

Referee: Andre Marriner

Attendance: 85,264