Man United vs Brighton

The Reds are undone on opening day by the Seagulls and two first-half Pascal Gross goals.

However, with just over 20 minutes to go, the lead was halved, as a Fernandes corner was eventually turned into his own net by Alexis Mac Allister, as M16 rose once more in an attempt to spur on Ten Hag's men. Cristiano Ronaldo was introduced shortly after, as Ten Hag looked to fashion a way for his side to get back into the game. Gross added both his and Brighton's second just 10 minutes later, as the Reds were left with much work to do heading into the second half. Although the flag went up, replays seemed to suggest Ronaldo was onside and it would have counted. Christian Eriksen then almost topped off a superb flowing counter-attack with Ten Hag's side beginning to edge the early stages. VAR provided a long check as Sanchez appealed for a foul, and there was a review as to whether the ball inadvertently struck Dalot's arm before the keeper cannoned the ball into his own goal off Mac Allister.

Get a report of the Manchester United vs. Brighton & Hove Albion 2022-23 English Premier League football match.

"I thought we had an idea of how to attack and when we could we tried to press and put them under pressure. It took Brighton 30 minutes to break United in a spell where they were putting on most of the pressure. "We went into the game positive, we had a good preseason and it was the worst possible start to be 2-0 down at half-time at Old Trafford. Not good enough. "We started pretty the game well and on the front foot and as a team we had control of the game. It was a nightmare start to be 2-0 down at half-time." "We need to look at not letting that first goal set us back as much as it did.

Manchester United lost 2-1 to Brighton at Old Trafford today in the first Premier League match of the new season. Here are our player ratings for the game:.

Improved in the second when pushed back into a deeper role. Bruno Fernandes 3 – Very poor from Bruno. Had the skied shot early on gone in, it could have been a different story. Fred 7 – United’s best player in the first half. Did well as the sole defender in the second half overload. Not sure why he was the sacrifice for Ronaldo rather than MccTominay. Here are our player ratings for the game:

Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag has given reasons why he left Cristiano Ronaldo from his starting XI for the Premier League clash against.

The Dutchman has however handed debuts to Christian Eriksen and Lisandro Martinez, who signed this summer from Brentford and Ajax respectively. Ten Hag, speaking ahead of the match, explained that the 37-year-old was not fully fit and sharp enough to play from the beginning. Ronaldo has been benched for the Red Devils’ season opener at Old Trafford.

Manchester United host Brighton in their 2022/23 Premier League opener on Sunday, August 7 as Erik ten Hag manages in the English top flight for the first ...

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Manchester United host Brighton in their 2022/23 Premier League opener on Sunday, August 7 as Erik ten Hag manages in the English top flight for the first ...

Martinez slips trying to cut out a through ball and Welbeck is in down the right channel on his own stomping ground. 9th minute: Trossard seems well-versed in the ways of Ten Hagball and the challenges it might present to Untied's players over these opening weeks. Halftime: Brighton go in 2-0 to the good and are very good value for their advantage. The cross is on a silver platter for Rashford but Sanchez gets out and spreads himself to complete a truly stunning piece of goalkeeping. 53rd minute: Fred is the man to make way and he looks considerably less than gruntled as he sits down on the bench. Sanchez produced heroics to deny Rashford but he's made a hash of that corner and Dalot scrambles the ball towards goal. 90th minute: Last throw of the dice from Ten Hag, who sends on debutant Malacia, Gramacho and Elanga to find the equaliser. Fulltime: Veltman welts a clearance most of the way to Altrincham and that's your lot. Sanchez erred to let United back into the match, failing to claim a left-wing corner. Fred was the deeper of the two and was errant in possession in front of the back four as Brighton turned the action in their favour during the early stages, while McTominay's capacity to discomfort the opposition was nullified by a yellow card for a challenge on the excellent Moises Caicedo that could easily have been a red. But once Albion had them on the run, United did not have any fundamentals of this style to fall back on and they crumbled. On paper, this is the 20-time champions of England losing to a team that has traditionally resided a good distance away from the top division.

Manchester United have started the new 2022-23 season with a defeat. The Red Devils, led by new manager Erik ten Hag, would have been hopeful they could claim ...

Harry Maguire says Manchester United let Brighton’s first goal change the way they playedpic.twitter.com/9xbRfOXSDu Manchester United have started the new 2022-23 season with a defeat. (Video) Harry Maguire names the one thing Man United did wrong vs Brighton