United assault the Champions
The first half started with great dynamism from both teams.. The Seagulls went up with everything to surprise a local defense that started asleep. De Gea made the two clearest saves of the game and United hardly had a chance to respond to the good staging by Graham Potter’s men.
Brighton suffered in the second half with United stepping forward under pressure. Rangnick’s men went upstairs to find the game and the quality in three quarters of the field of this team can decide games. Yes indeed, the lack of punch was evident one more day and they almost paid dearly for it. Brighton were left with ten players for most of the second half. The VAR reviewed a red card for an entry behind Dunk to Bruno Fernandes and indeed, he was left with ten players for practically the entire second half. United besieged, tried, created chances, Robert Sánchez stopped the unstoppable and in the end, Cristiano opened the can. It cost Rangnick’s team so much that they even lowered gears and almost cost them the tie. A shot from outside the penalty area Mac Allister hit the crossbar and it could have been the draw. In the last moments of the discount, Graham Petter’s men went with everything up, burned ships and against Bruno Fernandes put the final blow.
United get a hard-fought and long-suffering victory, despite the result, and sleep in Champions positions. Little credit can be taken from Brighton who have made it very difficult from the start.