On August 24, Beijing time, the second round of the English Premier League was hotly started, just ended a focus battle, Manchester United challenged the nemesis Brighton away, and Brighton defeated Manchester United 2-1 in stoppage time, and won a victory with difficulty, so that the latest standings have been updated, Brighton got two consecutive wins and ranked first, Manchester United eighth!
Brighton and Manchester United are a pair of fierce rivals in the Premier League, the first round of the new season has won a victory and won the first win, the two teams compete in this round, and there is suspense about the outcome of the game, but Brighton's style of play is a bit suppressive Manchester United, I don't know if Manchester United can fight back strongly!
There were few chances in the first half, but Brighton took their chances, Kaoru Mikasa set up Welbeck to open the scoring, and United quickly counter-attacked, and Rashford scrambled to score a minute later, but it was ruthlessly blown away. In the second half, Mazraoui sent a wonderful scalpel straight plug to assist Amad to score the equalizer, and then Manchester United continued to strengthen the attack, B Fei assisted Garnacho to score, but unfortunately the shot hit the offside Zirkze, Manchester United's goal was ruthlessly blown away again, and in the 95th minute of stoppage time, Manchester United suffered a blow, Brighton got a corner kick opportunity, was hoisted into the penalty area, failed to form a shot, but the ball was firmly controlled by Brighton at his feet, after continuous passing, Adingra unexpectedly sent a pick pass to break the Manchester United defense, Joao Pedro, who was unmarked at the back point, grabbed a header and scored to kill the game, and finally Manchester United was beaten by Brighton 1-2 away, which was very heartbreaking!
Judging from this game, Manchester United lost very normally, or the same as before, there has not changed much, the defense is still leaking, the attack has not changed much, and Ten Hag's use of people and substitutions is also difficult to explain!
At present, the Premier League standings have been updated, and it is still surprising that Brighton continues to lead the first place after two consecutive wins, while Manchester United continues to rank eighth after suffering its first defeat, and is on a downward trend and returns to its position!
Literary/sports novels