Man United Winners and Losers as Erik Ten Hag Suffers Humiliating Start with Brighton Loss

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On   7, 2022
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Erik ten Hag made a disastrous start to life as Manchester United manager as his side were beaten at Old Trafford by Brighton.


The Seagulls had never won at United's home ground before but turned in an impressive performance to undermine Ten Hag's work in pre-season. United rallied somewhat in the second half could couldn't force an equaliser.

United should have taken the lead early on, but Bruno Fernandes got underneath a deflected cut-back from Scott McTominay to blaze over the bar. Brighton made the hosts pay when Leandro Trossard and Danny Welbeck combined down the left to set up a tap-in for Pascal Gross at the back post.

Nine minutes later it went from bad to worse, with Brighton springing a fantastic counter-attack from their own corner flag which was converted when Gross turned in a rebound after Solly March tested David de Gea.
Man Utd Winners and Losers as Erik Ten Hag Suffers Humiliating Start with Brighton Loss
Man Utd Winners and Losers as Erik Ten Hag Suffers Humiliating Start with Brighton Loss
United finally found some momentum after the break, with Cristiano Ronaldo thrown on by Ten Hag, as Christian Eriksen’s crossing caused problems. Robert Sanchez made a brilliant save one-on-one from Marcus Rashford before undoing all his hard work in comical circumstances.

Sanchez made a mess of a corner and before getting in Alexis Mac Allister’s way as he tried to clear, causing him to score an own goal. With the Old Trafford crowd now behind the home side, it was largely one-way traffic in the closing stages, but a brilliant block by Lewis Dunk prevented Lisandro Martinez from scoring on debut.

Here are Mirror Football's winners and losers from a dramatic match at Old Trafford.

WINNERS

Brighton began their Premier League season on Sunday without, arguably, their two best players from last season. Yves Bissouma and Marc Cucurella have been sold to Tottenham and Chelsea respectively, for a collective total of around £87million. 

They are yet to reinvest that money, with no new players in the starting line-up, but you wouldn’t know it watching Potter’s side at Old Trafford. It has become a bit of a cliche to remark upon the job Potter is doing with Brighton, to say he’s a future England manager in the making and tout him for ‘bigger’ jobs. It does him a bit of a disservice, but is reflective of his reputation being on the rise. 

There was only one side playing Total Football and it wasn’t United.

Brighton is a team completely void of egos and established stars and their collective ability was represented by Gross. The German utility player was positioned in a free-ranging No10 role by Potter and flourished, finishing off both Brighton moves in the first half. Gross has a history against United, having scored against teams managed by Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick. He has now added Ten Hag to that list.

Cristiano Ronaldo

He may have started the game on the bench. Most of his action for the first 50 minutes may have come in grumbling facial expressions and arm waving. And his side may have ended up losing. But this was still a positive day for Ronaldo, in terms of his personal objectives. 

It took until the 53rd minute for Ten Hag to turn to the 37-year-old striker and his introduction certainly made a difference. Ronaldo’s bending run and cross would have earned him an assist, had it not been for Sanchez’s excellent save (and perhaps the offside flag). 

If he does stay, he can rest assured that, with Anthony Martial injured, Mason Greenwood unavailable and Edinson Cavani gone, he is the best option Ten Hag has as a central striker.

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