Andre Onana’s howler seals United’s house loss as struggling Spurs endure one other loss at Everton in soccer’s Premier League.
Manchester United’s season has lurched additional into turmoil after a 3-1 house loss to Brighton within the Premier League.
United endured a depressing defeat following objectives from Yankuba Minteh, Kaoru Mitoma and Georginio Rutter at Outdated Trafford on Sunday that consigned United to a tenth defeat within the league.
Bruno Fernandes scored for United from the penalty spot, however the hosts weren’t helped by a howler from goalkeeper Andre Onana, who spilled a routine collect from a low cross into the field, permitting Rutter to faucet house the free ball.
It was the seventh defeat in 15 video games general below new head coach Ruben Amorim and highlighted the huge job the Portuguese supervisor has on his arms to revive the file 20-time English champions.
Brighton climbed to ninth place with 34 factors, 4 factors off the highest 4. United are thirteenth on 26, additionally from 22 video games.
Brighton have received in six of their final seven league video games with United and on their final three visits to Outdated Trafford.
The groups had been led out by bagpipes in reminiscence of membership nice Denis Regulation, who handed away this week, with a wreath laid on the centre circle by former supervisor Alex Ferguson.
Brighton led inside 5 minutes as Mitoma beat the offside entice on the left from Carlos Baleba’s lengthy ball and his move throughout objective offered a easy end for the unmarked Minteh.
United received a penalty halfway by the primary half when Brighton tried to play the ball out of defence, however goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen’s move was poor and the ball fell to Joshua Zirkzee within the field.
Baleba put his arm on the shoulder of the striker, who went to floor. Referee Peter Bankes pointed to the spot, with Fernandes having no downside slotting house to degree the rating.
Brighton thought they had been in entrance once more seven minutes into the second interval when United didn’t clear a low free kick into the field and Pedro completed. However a VAR verify dominated that Jan Paul van Hecke had kicked the foot of Diogo Dalot within the melee.
Nevertheless, the guests did get a second on the hour when Mitoma stretched on the again publish forward of United defender Noussair Mazraoui to show in Minteh’s inviting cross.
Brighton then netted a 3rd due to Onana’s horrendous error to make the sport secure and depart United to dwell on their tenth league defeat.
Elsewhere, Tottenham Hotspur’s woeful marketing campaign additionally sunk to new depths with a 3-2 loss at relegation-fighting Everton. However Nottingham Forest’s unlikely title problem goes from energy to energy after a 3-2 win towards last-placed Southampton.
