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BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) – Manchester United beat Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday after an incredible final in which Bruno Fernandes scored the winning goal from the penalty spot in the 100th minute of the party.
Fernandes’ triumph, which came after referee Chris Kavanagh had initially flown full time, concluded a passionate match in which Brighton hit the wood five times and a penalty was disallowed after a VAR review, while the United had one goal disallowed in each half for offside.
Brighton’s Neal Maupay conceded the decisive one-handed penalty while attempting to block a late header from United captain Harry Maguire, which prompted a VAR review after Kavanagh had signaled the end of the match.
Kavanagh finally gave the penalty after consulting the field’s VAR monitor and Fernandes lunged into the net from the point, moments after Solly March tied for Brighton in the fifth minute of overtime.
Brighton took a well-deserved lead when Maupay coolly scored a penalty in the 40th minute after a Fernandes foul, but the visitors soon leveled with an own goal from Brighton defender Lewis Dunk.
A brilliant solo shot from Marcus Rashford had given United the lead in the 55th minute, after Rashford and Mason Greenwood disallowed goals for offside, and Paul Pogba was relieved to see a possible foul penalty on Aaron. Connolly overruled by a VAR review. .
United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was happy to admit that his team had used their luck.
“We got away with it. Maybe we deserved a point, we didn’t deserve more. But the character deserved more,” he told reporters.
“Last season we had too many draws so that’s a huge advantage for us.”
Brighton coach Graham Potter couldn’t believe his team had lost after creating so many chances and drawing so late.
“It’s painful, to say the least. Sometimes life isn’t fair and it feels like this right now,” he said.
“All the little things have worked against us, but we were very good during the 90 minutes and we have to move that forward. We deserved some of the game to say the least.”
Midfielder Leandro Trossard, who hit both posts in the first half and hit the crossbar in the second, added: “We had many chances and losing like this is the worst feeling you can have. It was one of those days, the ball didn’t want to. get in “.
Fernandes, winner of the United game, did not apologize.
“Maybe they deserved more, but the point is that scoring goals does not hit the bar. Sometimes you have to have some luck.”
(Report by Richard Martin; edited by Clare Fallon)
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