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| Anthony Martial scored a brace against Southampton on his full Premier League debut |
LOUIS VAN GAAL has praised summer signing Anthony Martial after his brace against Southampton helped Manchester United to a 3-2 win.
Martial cancelled out Graziano Pelle's opener with a composed finish from close range and got his second when Maya Yoshida played an awful back pass toward goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg.
The third came from Juan Mata, scoring the rebound after Memphis Depay hit the post, before Pelle pulled one back with a header.
And Van Gaal has heaped praise on the 19-year-old striker, who cost £36million in the summer from Monaco.
He said: "Anthony Martial is already special because we paid a lot of money for him. A lot of people are thinking he is a great star but he is a boy of 19.
"In three matches he has shown a lot. I am very happy with him but we and he have to keep our feet on the ground."
On the victory, he added: "It was very important after the PSV Eindhoven game. I have to make a lot of compliments to my players."
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