Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester United: Premier League – live! The | Football

45 + 3 minutes: Manchester United enters the interval with the double two-goal lead and complete superiority.

45 + 2 minutes: United hit the ball from the left for an age, and finally Montoya had enough and threw himself into Rashford. Free shot.

45 + 1 minutes: There will be approximately two minutes of stoppages in the first half.

44 minutes: Brighton really threatens! Propper’s crossing from the right is quite handy, and there are six local players in the penalty area, but the ball simply evades them all, with Burn getting closer.

44 minutes: United leads numbers, Brighton recovers numbers and a very promising attack ends with Dunk intercepting Pogba’s infield pass.

41 minutes: There have only been two shots on goal in this game.

39 minutes: Dunk has the ball within his own penalty area and Martial and Fernandes combine to unite against him, eventually forcing him to hit out of play for a serve. Nothing comes out, but still, good job. In other news, the ball went out for what should have been a throw-in in preparation for the first goal.

37 minutes: United plays the ball across its baseline almost comically slowly, waiting each time it closes before dropping it. Finally he reaches Bruno Fernandes on the left, who crashes him in the air. Given what came before, it seems almost an act of protest. Dunk wins the header.

33 minutes: Brighton has an attack and wins a free kick on the right sideline. United finally gets it back and plays the ball out of defense in a way that can only be described as extremely competent.

32 minutes: Brighton has a chance! Mac Allister is the responsible man, throwing the ball to Maguire’s ankles from inside United’s penalty area.

Other! Rashford plays Shaw on the left, who reaches the limit but cannot choose Martial with his retreat. He runs to Pogba outside the penalty area, who touches Fernandes inside, whose first-time shot hits Mac Allister and spins past Ryan and into the post!

28 minutes: Lindelof runs an endearingly optimistic run on the right, which ends after about 40 yards as he tries to make his way into the penalty area without doing any tricks, and is consequently dispossessed.

26 minutes: Play is restarted and United takes control of the ball once again. Finally, Wan-Bissaka gets out of control and launches for a throw-in.

23 minutes: United wins a corner, it takes Maguire a long time beyond the far post, and he beats Dunk in the lead but sends him through the goal and wide open. The rest of the drinks continues.

22 minutes: Fernandes shoots and makes the ball sink wildly, but he never threatens to dive deep enough to crawl under the bar.

21 minutes: They now have a free kick in a very practical position as Pogba is fouled just outside the box.

20 minutes: All of this looks great for visitors. They are attacking the beat, in numbers, with width on both flanks, and Brighton can’t close every gap.

The opportunity comes, the shot continues, and United leads! Greenwood almost did it himself, running into the box from the right, leaving Stephens in his wake, breaking into the box, squaring Dunk, jerking from side to side, and then shooting low and hard inside the nearby post. !

15 minutes: United is in possession of around 74% and looks threatening, but so far there are no clear chances or shots of any note from inside the box.

12 minutes: Bruno Fernandes hits the post! Maguire’s long ball from left to right begins the move, Pogba’s inside pass finds the Portuguese, and his first low shot from outside the box hits the near post.

11 minutes: A few seconds later, Mac Allister tries again, and this time Connolly is on the move, but uses one arm to control and that’s it.

11 minutes: Mac Allister picks up the ball in midfield and plays it to Connolly, who had not received the memo and was completely barefoot.

8 minutes: United is hoarding the ball, but not attacking as much. Bruno Fernandes was about to unblock the local defense a couple of minutes ago, but his Ryan ran out to throw his ball through when Rashford ran up to him.

5 minutes: A breather for Brighton, as Maguire throws a long pass towards Lindelof, and Connolly comes in and goes down, earning an extra cheap free kick.

3 minutes: United has already organized two decent attacks from the left, but both times the attack was extinguished after they entered the box.

2 minutes: The start is preceded by a loud countdown, on the big screens of the stadium and the speakers. 10 … 9 … 8 … 7 … leaves. 6 … 5 … 4 … 3 … continues. 2 … 1, concludes. And then, 10 more seconds of awkward silence as the referee completes whatever is last minute, the loud countdown completely ignored. Players take the knee for a few seconds after the kickoff.

The players are out and the coin has just been released. Imminent action.

The players are entering the tunnel, with an initial kick just a few minutes away.

“While I’m encouraged that fans are practicing a certain social detachment by sitting apart, I am appalled that they are not wearing masks, “complains Eric Schwab of Brighton’s Thank You NHS Stand (photo below).” This seems like a very narrow two-dimensional approach. “

Graham Potter undergoes heavenly inquisition:

I think we’ve had a couple of positive games, but we have to start again. We played against a really good team, a team in good shape, so everything we’ve done is gone and we have to start again tonight and do our best. It is an opportunity to earn three points, this is how we see it. They are a good team and they fight for the Champions League, but it is an opportunity to earn three points and that is what we have to focus on. I reminded them that they are good players, that they need to work hard to get a result. The story is fine, but it doesn’t count at all tonight. We need a little luck against this quality of opposition, but we must make sure that we do our best.

He says the decision to play Aaron Connolly instead of Neal Maupay is “purely tactical,” because he hopes the Irish rhythm will be useful. “I think Neal can help us from the bench. We have a great squad, everyone is ready to help and we will need it in the future. ”

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has a conversation with Sky:

This is the same team that played less than a week ago against Sheffield United and played really well, so I hope we can see that again. Everything has to be fine. We have been here the last two years, we have no points. We know it will be difficult, we know we must focus on one game at a time.

Brighton made three changes to the team that drew 0-0 at Leicester. last Tuesday, bringing Shane Duffy, Davy Propper and Martin Montoya. Manchester United makes no changes, not eight of them, depending on whether it features the FA Cup game against Norwich or the last league game, against Sheffield United last Wednesday.

The team sheets are inside, and these are the names on them:

Brighton Ryan, Duffy, Dunk, Burn, Lamptey, Propper, Stephens, Bissouma, Montoya, Mac Allister, Connolly. Subs: Maupay, Trossard, Gross, Murray, Mooy, March, Schelotto, Button, Bernardo.
Man Utd: De Gea, Wan Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Pogba, Matic, Greenwood, Bruno Fernandes, Rashford, Martial. Subs: Bailly, Mata, Andreas Pereira, Fred, James, Romero, Ighalo, McTominay, Williams.
Referee: Andre Marriner.

Hello World!

Before the restart, I thought Brighton, with no victories in 2020 and a rather unpleasant match list, could end up in a horrible battle against relegation. Two games, two decent performances and four points later, and given the miserable shape of Bournemouth, West Ham, Aston Villa and Watford underneath them, I make them a win away from safety. They’re more likely to get that victory in Norwich on Saturday than they were against Manchester United tonight, with visitors from elsewhere having had a decent restart and motivated by the fierce fight for the European qualification they are in, but it wouldn’t put After all, they are undefeated at home against Manchester United since April 1982 (with four wins and one draw since then).

In memory of which, here is the track that was No3 in that week’s blockbuster parade, and indeed also the next one, when the England World Cup team stopped this moment (we will do well), perhaps it is the great classic. squad soccer record – actually singing, no-fancy-pants-pop-stars – which reached No4.