The humiliating home loss to the undermanned yet high-flying Seagulls added to the Red Devils’ off-field issues.
Manchester United would have been eager to resume play after a terrible international break off the field, but things only got worse as Erik ten Hag‘s team lost 3-1 to Brighton at home.
Rasmus Hojlund had a strong debut for United, but Danny Welbeck gave Brighton the lead with the help of some shoddy United defending. Hojlund thought he had tied the score, but the goal was disallowed. Later in the second half, more sloppy play by Lisandro Martinez and Victor Lindelof allowed Pascal Gross to increase Brighton’s lead before substitute Joao Pedro added insult to injury for Manchester United.
United had some hope after Hannibal Mejbri scored his first goal for the team, but there was no huge recovery, as they suffered their first home loss in more than a year and their first Premier League loss at Old Trafford since Brighton defeated them 2-1 on the first day of the previous campaign.
