Thomas Hein
Manchester United were awful in their match against Brighton and Hove Albion as the Red Devils lost 3-2. We did not have Alexis Sanchez in the team, however, we had enough quality to beat Chris Hughton’s men.
Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku and Anthony Martial started the game but it was Brighton that scored first via Glenn Murray in the 25th minute.
Shane Duffy made it 2-0 in the 27th minute but Lukaku scored via a header in the 34th minute to cut the deficit. Going into half-time with the scores at 2-1 would not have been the worst result given our performance but Eric Bailly gave away a needless penalty which Pascal Gross slotted past David de Gea to make it 3-1.
Mourinho brought on Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford at half-time but we could not do enough to break down the hosts.
Pogba converted a penalty deep into injury time but that was all about it. United certainly weren’t up to the speed and the loss was the right result.
A number of United fans were upset with the result and here are some of the reactions from Twitter.
Negative manager. Negative football. SAF must be disgusted watching this era of United. Take nothing away from José for what he won with us and for what he has achieved but his attitude is horrific, he’s out-dated, has no plan b and on the decline since 2010.
— CarefreeDaily 🚬 (@CarefreeDaily_) August 19, 2018
Man united fans joining us Arsenal fans today pic.twitter.com/zSKIm2i6qW
— Tayyab Hussain (@Tayyab_402) August 19, 2018
— Zora Abdullatif (@Lixnk) August 19, 2018
What a waste of jersey numbers 7, 8 10, and 11
— James Aremu (@aremuomo) August 19, 2018
— Ryan. 🔴 (@Vintage_Utd) August 19, 2018
— ☣️ #MourinhoOut (@ftblNeutral) August 19, 2018
— Patryk Wojdylo ◢◤ (@WojdyloPatryk) August 19, 2018
— tiago (@tiaguinsousa) August 19, 2018
— JP (@Zidaneszn_) August 19, 2018
Manchester City en route to hammering Huddersfield 6-1:
Bring Riyad Mahrez & Leroy Sane off the bench.
Manchester United 3-1 down at Brighton:
Bring Jesse Lingard & Marouane Fellaini off the bench.
Levels.
— Brown 🗿⚔️ (@brownoppong_) August 19, 2018
during the match Paul Pogba pic.twitter.com/Wk3rahtoKm
— Yağız AKYÜZ (@YGZAKYZ) August 19, 2018
Fred = Brazilian Bakayoko
— L e s e g o (@LitSego) August 19, 2018
Can you play CB…? pic.twitter.com/HM1BjOt3VI
— ▪️▫️ (@ImV3nki) August 19, 2018
Fredayoko 😂😂😂
— Evans SarkCess🇬🇭 (@evansokyeregh) August 19, 2018
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