his stage Eric ten Haag at the helm of Manchester United he already had periods of some turbulenceeven before its official debut, with several twists with Cristiano Ronaldo. And far from changing this trend, its presentation red devils in the Premier League brought a new blow: 2–1 home defeat to Brighton, with Ronaldo coming on as a substitutedue to his short time in the preseason.
Pascal Gross scored both goals for the visit in the first half, while a fortuitous goal from Alexis MacAllister v gave United life in the second half. already with a insignificant CR7 on the field, the locals went in search of an equalizer in the final 25 minutes, without any sort of clarity or weight from midfield forward. Will, push an impatient audience, but very few ideas or imbalance.
Brighton, already one of the revelations of the competition in the last Premier League, knew how to defend their pitch, were not shocked and ended up staying with a massive win to open the campaign, nothing less than the first in their history at Old Trafford.
FULL TIME Manchester United 1-2 Brighton
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Among the few positives for United was a good debut for Lisandro Martínezwho stood out as the best-performing defender of the Hague’s ten men: for some good spot-kicks, but mostly for his usual quality and precision for long passes and deliveries.
This new version of Manchester will try they play in the middle with names like Martínez, Fred, Fernandes and Eriksenbut he will need his forwards to impose themselves much more than they did in Sunday’s clash with Brighton.
How Manchester United did vs. Brighton? Final score
| Equipment | 1 T | 2T | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester United | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brighton | two | 0 | two |
Objectives:
- BRI – P. Gross – Min. 30
- BRI – P. Gross – Min. 39
- UTD – A. Mac Allister (con) – Min. 68
goals Manchester United vs. Brighton
Manchester’s discount was thanks to Mac Allister. Between goalkeeper Robert Sanchez and Argentina wanted to clear but were made to go into their own goal.
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Grohl. Brighton’s second goal was again achieved by Gross clearing the rebound and putting a pass into the net. Ten Haag and his team find their way to Old Trafford and lose 2-0.
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Brighton took it back and set up great play for Pascal Gross to go all alone to convert Brighton’s first at Old Trafford. Cristiano from the bench asked for more support from the fans.
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