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Some reaction from Old Trafford:
Jamie Jackson was at Old Trafford tonight. Here’s his report. Thanks for reading this MBM.
Ruben Amorim talks to Sky. “I feel good … three points at home … we played well … we suffered in the end … a little bit our fault … the first goal … [United] did everything … they run … played with the ball … kicked the ball when it was needed … so it was a good game … [Brighton] have a lot of talent … they used momentum [after scoring] to control the game … we are improving in the way we respond to bad moments … after the third goal the noise of the stadium was not normal! … it was the first time I felt that sound … it was a very good moment for me … there are some things in this club, this stadium that you feel and that was really strange … we enjoy today but tomorrow we prepare the other one … look at the table, two weeks can change everything, one week can change everything … it’s so hard to get good feelings … so we have to have that fear of returning … enjoy the week but work really hard to prepare the next one … [the forward players] have a lot of talent but I really like the way they defend … Bryan [Mbeumo] is a working machine … we can have all the talent in the world but if you don’t fight in this league you have no chance.”
Fabian Hürzeler speaks to Sky. “Disappointed … we gave too many easy balls away … conceded the goals too easy … when you do too many mistakes, you can’t win the football game … we had a good plan … it was the execution … finding the free team-mate … that is something we lacked today … we have to be honest with ourselves and make it better … it is important to show personality … never give up … we have that in our team … believe … we created chances … it was just about execution … long-term the results will come.”
He’s asked about the Dorgu-Minteh challenge – should Dorgu have been red carded? – but doesn’t bite. “No … they explained the rule … we have to accept the rule … that was not the reason we lost.”
United’s two-goal hero Bryan Mbeumo speaks to Sky Sports. “The result was very important … three wins in a row … great for the confidence of the team … we played a great game … we are a bit disappointed to concede two goals but the most important thing is the win and we did it … it feels so good … the atmosphere is crazy here … the fans are unbelievable … it is always good to score goals but especially here.”
Old Trafford erupts in joy relief. Then joy. Manchester United made hard work of a game that looked in the bag. Hats off to Brighton for clawing their way back into it, perhaps helped by Ruben Amorim going a tad early with his game-over substitutions. And for the second week in a row, the removal of Casemiro caused United’s midfield to become overrun. But for the second week in a row, United came away with the three points anyway, and you’ve got to take your hat off to them as well, for responding so staunchly after conceding Brighton’s second. The folk in the stands may have been nervous, as an epic comeback momentarily looked on the cards, but the home team responded magnificently to pin Brighton up the other end, finally sealing the deal through Bryan Mbeumo, who is proving to be quite the signing. See also: Matheus Cunha. And, over the longer haul: Bruno Fernandes. People were beginning to mutter about Ruben Amorim’s job security not so long ago. Well, now look.
FULL TIME: Manchester United 4-2 Brighton & Hove Albion
It’s three Premier League wins in a row for Manchester United!
GOAL! Manchester United 4-2 Brighton & Hove Albion (Mbeumo 90+7)
Mainoo sends a pass-cum-clearance down the middle. Fernandes dummies it, matador style, releasing Mbeumo down the inside-left channel. Mbeumo sends a diagonal screamer across Verbruggen and into the top right! Panic over!
90 min +6: Since Brighton’s second, United have played nearly all of the game in their opponents’ half. And …
90 min +5: Tzimas needlessly chops down Fernandes, who was going nowhere and is only too happy to take the hit. From the resulting free kick, Fernandes hammers a shot goalwards from a tight angle on the right, but can’t force the ball past Verbruggen.
90 min +4: The tension in Old Trafford could be sliced and diced. Mbeumo takes some of the pressure off by dribbling down the right, teasing Kadioglu into a foul that earns the Brighton man a booking.
GOAL! Manchester United 3-2 Brighton & Hove Albion (Kostoulas 90+2)
Kadioglu drives down the left and rolls infield for Kostoulas, whose snapshot is deflected wide right. Milner swings the corner in, and Kostoulas flicks a header home. Game on! Amorim knew it.
90 min: There will be seven additional minutes. Ruben Amorim doesn’t look particularly pleased, the colour slightly draining from his face as he spots the number. He’s certainly not assuming this is over, two-goal advantage or not.
89 min: Fernandes knocks the ball past Dunk and backs himself in a footrace down the right. He beats Dunk but can’t get past Milner. This game is now preposterously open, with Brighton in defence-lite Kitchen Sink mode.
88 min: Welbeck shifts the ball from right to left, across the face of the United box, but can’t make space for a shot. The ball’s laid back to Kadioglu, who aims a rising shot towards the top-left corner from distance. Lammens turns it around the post, and nothing comes of the resulting corner.
87 min: One last throw of the dice for Brighton, who send on Tzimas in place of Wieffer.
85 min: United are sitting back in the compact style. Brighton are still enjoying all of the ball, but since that double-sub, they can’t find any space in the final third. Home panic over?
83 min: Brighton have enjoyed 76 percent of possession since Welbeck’s goal.
82 min: United make another double change. Ugarte and Zirkzee come on for Sesko – who had been staring at Van Hecke as he made the challenge that got him booked, and can count himself a wee bit fortunate – and Cunha.
81 min: Sesko is booked for whacking Van Hecke under the chin with his elbow as the pair contest a high ball.
79 min: Kostoulas comes on for Rutter.
78 min: Minteh dribbles in from the right. He’s got enough time to shape a shot around Dorgu, but sends it miles wide left. Brighton fancy their chances of getting back into this properly.
77 min: Brighton are suddenly first to everything. United are holding their shape for now. But a game that looked utterly over a few minutes back suddenly doesn’t feel quite as done and dusted.
76 min: … and now there’s a brief game of pinball in the United box before a United defender blasts clear. Nerves palpable in Old Trafford all of a sudden, with the Brighton fans in good voice.
75 min: The game would certainly have been back on had Watson’s whack from the edge of the box found the net. As it is, Lammens claims.
GOAL! Manchester United 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion (Welbeck 74)
After a long touchline debate over the challenge – Free kick or no? Red card or no? – Welbeck steps up to take the resulting free kick in a central postion. He aims for the top-left corner. He doesn’t quite get there, but the ball whistles past Lammens’ hand anyway and in. Game back on?
72 min: … Brighton break upfield through Minteh, who breaks clear of Dorgu! But he takes a heavy touch, which flies through towards Lammens. Minteh slows up and is clipped by Dorgu. Brighton want a red card, but it’s just a yellow. Given Minteh had clearly lost possession of the ball, with Lammens about to claim, Brighton are fortunate to get the free kick. But they wanted the red card. However from the resulting set piece …
71 min: Yet another loose Brighton pass. Dunk ships possession to Fernandes, just to the left of the box. Fernandes crosses low for Mbeumo, whose drive hits the base of the left-hand post and out for a … corner? The keeper must have got a nick. From the set piece …
70 min: United make a double change. Dorgu and Mainoo come on for Diallo and Casemiro.
68 min: Brighton have had 56 percent of possession tonight. Much good that’s done them.
Source From: Premier League | The Guardian
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