Brighton 2-1 Manchester United 
Goals: Welbeck (32nd) and João Pedro (90th+5) for the Seagulls // Amad Diallo (60th) for MU
MU is breaking down again.
Away to the Amex Stadium in Brighton for the 2nd day of the Premier League this Saturday afternoon, Manchester United were trapped (2-1). In the pouring rain of the south of England, the Reds thus controlled a half during… but went into the locker room with a one-goal deficit. The fault was a lax defense on a back pass from Kaoru Mitoma to Danny Welbeck, completely forgotten in front of the goal and calm when it came to tackling the ball in the back (1-0, 32e). After the break, if the Mancunians continued to circulate the ball well, the best opportunities remained in favor of the Seagulls. For example, with James Milner, launched into the area by João Pedro and whose chip in front of André Onana was saved in extremis by Diogo Dalot on his line (52nd).
In the process, Yankuba Minteh’s free kick found Welbeck’s head, catapulted onto the crossbar (58th). Finally, this wave of suffering was calmed by Amad Diallo’s equaliser: having started down the right wing, the Ivorian managed to cut back towards the centre on his left foot before crossing hard and seeing his shot deflected by Jan Paul van Hecke (1-1,60e). Manchester United could even have taken the lead with Alejandro Garnacho, whose shot was unfortunately touched by Joshua Zirkzee just before entering and therefore disallowed for offside (Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani style with Portugal against Spain, in 2010). This chance passed, the clever cross of the substitute Simon Adingra allowed João Pedro to take Onana on the wrong foot thanks to a placed header in the added time (2-1, 90e+5). Second victory in as many matches for Brighton, then.
Seagulls are often opportunistic.
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