Man Utd 1 Brighton 3: Onana howler and defensive disasterclass bring Red Devils’ mini-revival to screeching halt

MANCHESTER UNITED paid an affectional tribute to 1 of their all-time greats Denis Law earlier kick-off.

But connected the pitch, the existent harvest could not springiness the ‘King of the Stretford End’ – who died connected Friday aged 84 - the nonstop disconnected helium deserved.

Law was the 3rd highest scorer successful United’s past and was portion of a aureate epoch astatine Old Trafford.

Things are precise antithetic these days though – and Brighton erstwhile again recovered playing astatine the Theatre of Dreams precise overmuch to their liking.

Goals from Yankubah Minteh, Kaoru Mitoma enactment the Seagulls successful complaint earlier Andre Onana talented sub Georginio Rutter a third.

And that was much than capable to spot them triumph astatine United for a 3rd clip successful a enactment - and extremity the mini-revival Ruben Amorim’s men person enjoyed successful the past mates of weeks.

The Law tributes were brilliantly done by United but determination was small sympathy from the visitors erstwhile the crippled kicked off.

Onana had saved smartly from Joao Pedro astatine his adjacent station but it wasn’t agelong earlier his defence was opened up again successful the 5th minute.

Carlos Baleba’s shot implicit the apical sent Mitoma wide down the near manus broadside and helium unselfishly squared for Minteh to pat home.

United astatine slightest showed immoderate combat to unit their mode backmost into it and Bart Verbruggen played his defenders into occupation with his wayward pass.

Joshua Zirkzee was held backmost by Baleba arsenic helium went to sprout and ref Peter Bankes had nary prime but to constituent to the spot.

Bruno Fernandes sent Verbruggen the incorrect mode from the spot and the Red Devils seemed to beryllium backmost successful it.

But the skipper got distant with 1 conscionable earlier half-time arsenic his backpass landed his squad successful occupation but Diogo Dalot blocked erstwhile United antheral Danny Welbeck’s goalbound effort.

There was different reprieve conscionable aft the re-start arsenic United failed to woody with a debased free-kick into the container and Joao Pedro spun sharply earlier slotting past Onana.

Luckily for the location team, the VAR had spotted a footwear from Jan Paul van Hecke connected Dalot earlier the shot dropped for the Seagulls striker.

Referee Peter Bankes had a agelong look earlier yet helium agreed – but it’s just to accidental the Portuguese defender had made the astir of it.

This clip the fto disconnected was short-lived arsenic the visitors did instrumentality the pb a small implicit 5 minutes later. Mitoma had teed up Minteh for the opening extremity – and this clip the roles were reversed.

Gambian ace Minteh hung up a beauteous transverse to the backmost station and Mitoma stretched retired a limb to get up of Noussair Mazrouai – who besides collided with the post.

It was nary much than the visitors deserved and soon afterwards it was crippled implicit acknowledgment to different clanger from Onana.

Yasin Ayari’s debased transverse into the container should person been elemental arsenic helium was nether nary unit – but someway helium failed to clasp onto it.

Rutter picked it up and had the simplest occupation to prime up the escaped shot and rotation it into the bare net.

Back to quadrate 1 for Amorim and United past aft a 10th league decision of this hard season.