Andre Onana howler compounds Ruben Amorim misery as Brighton beat Man Utd - 5 talking points
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Brighton brought Manchester United's recent mini-resurgence to an abrupt halt with a deserved victory at Old Trafford. United had drawn with Liverpool at Anfield, beaten Arsenal with 10 men and come from behind to beat Southampton in the previous three matches. But any idea that Ruben Amorim may finally have found the winning formula were put to bed as Brighton claimed their third straight Premier League win at Old Trafford.
Yankuba Minteh put the visitors ahead inside five minutes with a simple finish following a route one move before Bruno Fernandes equalised from the penalty spot. Joao Pedro had a goal ruled out by VAR before Minteh crossed for Kaoru Mitoma to bravely make it 2-1 at the back post.
Things went from bad to worse when Andre Onana inexplicably spilled a straightforward cross to Georginio Rutter to make the points safe. United showed few signs of a fightback, with the penalty their sole shot on target. Here are the five talking points from the match.
This was Ruben Amorim’s 15th match in charge of United. He has managed to keep just one clean sheet – and that came against an extremely deficient Everton attack. Even with injury problems and the change of tactical system, that is simply not good enough.
United were shambolic from the off against Brighton and were fortunate not to be 1-0 down inside two minutes when Andre Onana pushed Joao Pedro’s cross into Danny Welbeck. In the end, it didn’t take much longer – or much guile – for Brighton to take the lead. Baleba launched a ball in behind, Mitoma ran past a ball-watching Noussair Mazraoui and squared for Minteh for a simple finish. A dreadful start – and completely in-keeping with the trend under Amorim so far.
