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Brighton & Hove Albion defeated Manchester United in the Premier League competition. The Red Devils humiliated The Seagulls through a 0-4 defeat.
Competing at the Amex Stadium, Brighton, Saturday (7/5/2022), MU struggled from the first minute. The visitors’ goal even broke first in the 15th minute, through the action of Moises Caicedo. The 1-0 score lasted until the break.
In the second half, MU even conceded again. Brighton can add three more goals, each through Marc Cucurella, Pascal Gross, and Leandro Trossard. The hosts finally won 2-0 over MU.
The defeat made Manchester United stuck in sixth place in the Premier League standings with 58 points from 37 matches. While Brighton rose to ninth place with 47 points from 36 matches.
The course of the match
MU quite difficult against Brentford. The Red Devils lost the game in midfield. Since the first half began, United’s two anchors, Nemanja Matic and Scott McTominay, often lost the ball. Brighton used this condition to suppress his opponent.
In the 15th minute, Brighton could even score. Moises Caicedo fired a low shot from outside the box, which sent the ball into the bottom right corner of David De Gea’s goal. Score 1-0 to Brighton.
Manchester United is quite difficult to make good chances. Several times Cristiano Ronaldo’s efforts still deviated, such as his threat in the 21st minute, which was still sideways from the Brighton & Hove Albion goal.
In fact, Brighton threatened a lot. Danny Welbeck and Leandro Trossard have threatened several times, but have not succeeded.
In the 42nd minute, Raphal Varane’s mistake almost made the MU goal collapse. The French defender miscontrol the ball, which instead directed the ball towards Welbeck in front of the penalty box. Welbeck immediately cheated on him, but the ball was still flying over De Gea’s goal. Until the break, no goals were created again. The score 1-0 for Brighton’s advantage over MU remained.
In the second half, the MU goal immediately vibrated when the game had only been running for three minutes. Marc Cucurella increased Brighton’s advantage with a left-footed shot. The score becomes 2-0.
Left behind by two goals to make MU direct difficulty. Brighton used this situation to keep attacking the visitors.
In the 57th minute, Brighton finally scored the third goal. This time Pascal Gross could outwit David De Gea through his left foot kick in the penalty box. Brighton further led by a score of 3-0.
It didn’t stop there, the home crowd roared again three minutes later. Leandro Trossard scored the fourth goal of the game, with an effort in goal mouth. The goal was checked by VAR before being confirmed by referee Andrew Madley. Score 4-0 to Brighton.
Left behind by four goals to make MU try to press. However, several opportunities from Bruno Fernandes, Ronaldo, to Cavani did not result in goals.
While Brighton can still occasionally threaten, but have not been able to bring in a fifth goal. Until the game was over, Brighton’s 4-0 win over MU remained.
Lineup
Brighton & Hove Albion: Sanchez, Veltman, Dunk, Cucurella, March [Lamptey 76′]Bissouma, Caicedo, Trossard [Maupay 83′]Gross, MacAllister [Webster 67′]Welbeck
Manchester United: De Gea, Telles, Varane, Lindeloef, Dallot, Matic [Cavani 46′]McTominay, Fernandes, Mata [Maguire 71′]Elanga [Fred 46′]Ronaldo
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