in the fifth round, united were held to a 1–1 draw away to southampton, hughes scoring their only goal; hughes was again the only united player on the score sheet in the replay a week later, scoring a hat-trick in a 3–2 win that put them into the semi-finals. southampton striker alan shearer, who within months was reported to be transfer target for manchester united, scoring all of southampton's goals during the two cup clashes with united.