Manchester United suffered a miserable 3-1 home defeat Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday after the winger’s visit Yankuba Minteh he scored one goal and created another, and the hosts were not helped by a howling goalkeeper André Onana.
Kaoru Mitoma AND Jerzy Rutter Brighton also scored in the second half, who also scored João Pedro ruled out by VAR for a foul in the pre-season.
Bruno Fernandes he scored a penalty for United to make it 1-1 at half-time, but after Brighton took the lead for a second time, Onana made a routine rebound with a low cross into the box, allowing Rutter to press home the loose ball.
Brighton climbs to ninth place with 34 points, four points off the top four. United are 13th out of 26 after 22 games.
“Another defeat at home. The way we conceded goals is unacceptable. We can play football, but in quick succession it’s not consistent, we get nervous and then we concede a goal,” said United manager Ruben Amorim.
Brighton have won six of their last seven league games against United and in their last three visits to Old Trafford.
The bands were led by bagpipes in memory of club great Denis Law, who died this weekwith a wreath laid in the center circle by former manager Alex Ferguson.
Brighton were ahead after just five minutes when Mitoma beat an offside trap on the left Carlos Balebaa long ball and pass wide gave the unmarked Minteh a simple finish.
United scored a penalty midway through the first half when Brighton tried to play the ball outside the defence, but it was the goalkeeper Bart Verbruggenthe pass was poor and the ball fell Joshua Zirkzee in a box.
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Baleba put his hand on the striker’s shoulder as he fell to the ground and referee Peter Bankes showed him the spot, with Fernandes easily finding the net to level the score.
Brighton thought they had the lead again seven minutes into the second period when United failed to clear the ball from a low free kick into the box and Pedro ended, but VAR control prevailed Jan Paul van Hecke he kicked his foot Diogo Dalot in hand-to-hand combat.
However, the visitors scored their second goal after the hour mark when Mitoma stretched at the back post in front of the United defender Noussair Mazraoui return Minteh’s tempting cross.
Brighton then scored a third goal thanks to a terrible mistake by Onana that kept the team safe and left United to dwell on their tenth league defeat of the season, their earliest double-digit result since the 1989/90 season.
“It’s difficult to play here, but we stayed calm and played confidently,” Rutter said. The season is long and we have to continue this streak, match by match, and in the end we will see.
