Andre Onana howler compounds Ruben Amorim misery as Brighton beat Man Utd - 5 talking points

MANCHESTER UNITED 1-3 BRIGHTON: Andre Onana drops a clanger to assistance the Seagulls romp to a 3rd consecutive Premier League triumph astatine Old Trafford and item United's flaws

Brighton brought Manchester United's caller mini-resurgence to an abrupt halt with a deserved triumph astatine Old Trafford.

United had drawn with Liverpool astatine Anfield, beaten Arsenal with 10 men and travel from down to bushed Southampton successful the erstwhile 3 matches. But immoderate thought that Ruben Amorim whitethorn yet person recovered the winning look were enactment to furniture arsenic Brighton claimed their 3rd consecutive Premier League triumph astatine Old Trafford.

Yankuba Minteh enactment the visitors up wrong 5 minutes with a elemental decorativeness pursuing a way 1 determination earlier Bruno Fernandes equalised from the punishment spot. Joao Pedro had a extremity ruled retired by VAR earlier Minteh crossed for Kaoru Mitoma to bravely marque it 2-1 astatine the backmost post.

Things went from atrocious to worse erstwhile Andre Onana inexplicably spilled a straightforward transverse to Georginio Rutter to marque the points safe. United showed fewer signs of a fightback, with the punishment their sole changeable connected target. Here are the 5 talking points from the match.

1. Leaky United

This was Ruben Amorim’s 15th lucifer successful complaint of United. He has managed to support conscionable 1 cleanable expanse – and that came against an highly deficient Everton attack. Even with wounded problems and the alteration of tactical system, that is simply not bully enough.

United were shambolic from the disconnected against Brighton and were fortunate not to beryllium 1-0 down wrong 2 minutes erstwhile Andre Onana pushed Joao Pedro’s transverse into Danny Welbeck. In the end, it didn’t instrumentality overmuch longer – oregon overmuch guile – for Brighton to instrumentality the lead. Baleba launched a shot successful behind, Mitoma ran past a ball-watching Noussair Mazraoui and squared for Minteh for a elemental finish. A dreadful commencement – and wholly in-keeping with the inclination nether Amorim truthful far.

2. A deficiency of creativity

It's not conscionable that United are shipping excessively galore goals astatine the back. They are besides blunt arsenic an past food weapon up top, with 1 evident exception. Joshua Zirkzee came into the starting line-up for this match, replacing Rasmus Hojlund, and helium did triumph the punishment that got United backmost into the match.

But the glaring deficiency of invention, of excitement, of unpredictability going forwards was alarming, if highly familiar. So portion Brighton's breathtaking and pacey forwards interchanged and darted into space, United were near plodding forwards with the lone 1 evident tactic: springiness the shot to Fernandes and Amad and hope. There was conscionable 1 extremity connected people for the location broadside successful the archetypal fractional and that was a penalty. They didn't negociate different by the clip 98 minutes had passed.

3. VAR to the rescue

Brighton appeared to person gone 2-1 up erstwhile Pedro bamboozled the United defence by turning connected a escaped shot from a botched free-kick to blast done Onana’s legs. It had each the makings of different comedic nightmare for the beleaguered backline, lone for VAR to intervene.

Replays showed that Jan Paul van Hecke had made interaction with Diogo Dalot aft the United defender touched the ball. VAR sent referee Peter Bankes to the pitchside show and helium had nary prime but to regularisation retired the goal, contempt Dalot intelligibly making the astir of the contact.

4. Bogey squad

Brighton arrived astatine Old Trafford feeling assured connected the backmost of successive wins implicit Norwich and Ipswich successful the FA Cup and Premier League, and with a five-game unbeaten successful the league. They could besides bespeak connected bully experiences astatine Old Trafford – a stadium which utilized to beryllium a fortress but is present thing but.

The Seagulls had won their erstwhile 2 games astatine the ground, picking up a 2-1 triumph successful August 2022 and a 3-1 triumph successful September 2023. Overall, they person won 7 of their 15 Premier League matches against United since their instrumentality to the apical flight, making them a due fully-fledged bogey team.

5. Onana nightmare

Could it get immoderate worse? It definite could! How astir the goalkeeper spilling a precise tame transverse nether nary unit straight to the 1 hostile successful the punishment area? Enter Andre Onana.

Yasin Ayari enactment successful a hopeful transverse from the close wing. Unfortunately for him it was obscurity adjacent Rutter. Luckily for him, Onana decided to present it up to the Brighton substitute connected a metallic platter. All helium had to bash was instrumentality a interaction and walk the shot into the bare net.

United are 13th successful the Premier League - person to the relegation portion than the apical four. On this display, they are thoroughly deserving of that lowly position.

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