<P> In the two - legged semi final, Southampton drew fellow Premier League Liverpool . Southampton won the first leg 1--0 due to a goal from Nathan Redmond and won 1--0 away at Anfield with a goal from Shane Long to progress to the final 2--0 on aggregate . Southampton are the second team to reach a League Cup final without conceding any goals, after Tottenham Hotspur managed the feat in 1982 . This would be their first major final since the 2003 FA Cup Final . Southampton fans celebrated reaching the final by painting white stripes on Royal Mail red pillar boxes, mirroring the 2012 Olympic gold post box campaign, though Royal Mail viewed this as vandalism and said that they would restore the pillar boxes to their original colour . </P> <P> Manolo Gabbiadini had the ball in the net early in the game after a low cross from the right by Cédric, but the goal was controversially disallowed for offside . Zlatan Ibrahimović opened the scoring in the 19th minute, with a free kick to the left of Southampton goalkeeper Fraser Forster awarded following a foul by Oriol Romeu on Ander Herrera . Despite the Saints enjoying a spell of pressure on the United goal, Jesse Lingard doubled the lead in the 38th minute with a low right foot shot to the right corner of the net from just inside the penalty area . Gabbiadini brought Southampton back into the game on the stroke of half - time, converting James Ward - Prowse's cross from the right from three yards out . </P> <P> After the break, Gabbiadini equalised for the Saints when he flicked the ball low into the net with his left foot, it was his fifth goal in his first three games, as the Saints continued to dominate possession and chances on goal . The Saints continued having chances to take the lead throughout the second half, as Dušan Tadić and Ward - Prowse saw efforts saved by United goalkeeper David de Gea, and Oriol Romeu hit the post with a header from a corner, but with three minutes remaining Ibrahimović scored his second with a close range header after a cross from Ander Herrera on the right . </P> <P> Manchester United v Southampton </P>

Who scored the winning goal in united's efl cup final victory over southampton last season