Manchester United suffered their first defeat 1-2! It's not just luck that Ten Hag has made mistakes and desperately needs Ugarte

At the United States Express, Manchester United suffered their first Premier League defeat of the season with a 2-1 defeat to Brighton. Ten Hag was hoping for a reinvention of the season, but it felt like a continuation of an old story when the Reds squandered a chance and then made a defensive mistake and were beaten in stoppage time. Ten Hag has faced Brighton five times in the Premier League, losing four.

Ten Hag fielded the same starting and substitute as he did in the 1-0 win over Fulham in the first round, with Jadon Sancho once again left out of the squad for the match. Ten Hag explained: 'He's here. I'm going to make a choice, we do have some problems. I need a full squad and he's one of them, but he's going to have to fight for his place every game, we'll see. In the squad, we need more than two people in each position because it's going to be a long season."

United created the first chance to score when Diogu · Darlow struck a clever cross from the left, but Amad · Diallo couldn't hit his right foot and squandered a great chance to open the scoring with a flicked left-footed shot. Casemiro also had a header from the set-piece that followed, but the ball flew over the crossbar.

Wasted chances must be punished, after half an hour of the game, Joao · Pedro's cross from the right, Manchester United's defense made a mistake, Maguire made a mistake in clearing, and Mikasa's cross from the left set up the Red Devils' veteran Welbeck to shovel into the empty net, and Brighton led Manchester United 1-0. It was the sixth goal of 16 times since leaving the Red Devils against his former club, and the 100th goal of his club career. Maguire explained to his team-mates: "I couldn't get the ball."

Two minutes later, Rashford was fortunate to head over and slotted the ball into the back of the net with his heel, but the goal was clearly offside before he received it. United ended the first half from 1-0 down, and Ten Hag made a quick substitution, replacing Mason · Mount with a new centre-forward of €42.5 million and no longer playing without a striker.

Instead, it was Brighton who created a series of chances and almost extended their lead. First it was veteran James · Milner's goalmouth stabbing the ball past Harry Maguire and goalkeeper Onana, but fortunately left-back Darlow was cleared in front of the goalline.

Welbeck flicked his head in the penalty area, the ball hit the crossbar and bounced, Manchester United must have escaped two disasters, and the 40 million euro winger Diallo, who was hit by the death of his stepmother on Friday and still took the initiative to play, successfully cut inside the goal against offside, and the ball hit two Brighton defenders and flew into the near corner. The VAR video assistant referee confirmed that it was not offside and United equalised 1-1. It was Diallo's fifth consecutive Premier League start, and he scored his fourth goal.

Garnacho came off the bench to make an immediate contribution when he slotted the ball into the far corner after a team effort and fired into the far corner. But a rare scene happened at this time! Zirkze, who was in front of goal, couldn't close his feet and the ball hit his knee before bouncing into the net, while the Netherlands centre-forward was unfortunately in an offside position...... The referee watched the video replay and confirmed that it was offside and the goal was invalidated. Garnacho missed the goal in two consecutive games and wanted to cry without tears.

Diallo, Marcus Rashford and · Fernandes have each squandered at least two good chances in three games this month, with Garnacho and Mason Mount also missing a solo shot. Manchester United's waste in front of goal has already cost them two wins (against Manchester City and Brighton) this season.

Manchester United and Brighton have never drawn in the Premier League and this one appears to be heading towards a draw. However, in the fifth minute of stoppage time, the Red Devils' defence made a glaring mistake and the defence completely missed the back post, and Pedro went unguarded to head into the net to beat Manchester United 2-1.

The defeat will be a frustrating moment for the United dressing room, who could have won in the second half, at least not by a point. However, have United really done enough? The answer is probably no.

In the past, Manchester United always scored in stoppage time, which is known as "Ferdinand time". But under Ten Hag, the Reds conceded 20 goals after 80 minutes! Ten Hag's on-the-spot substitutions were criticised again as he removed Fernandes and Maqui substitutions, resulting in a lack of control in midfield and an exposed defence being attacked by opponents.

And this is not the first time that the 54-year-old Netherlands coach has had such problems. Manchester United desperately need to bring in Manuel · Ugarte, and Paris Saint-Germain have reason to bite the asking price of 60 million euros.

Ten Hag also needs to think about the use of men up front, with United loyally starting Marcus Rashford, only to live up to that expectation with his performances often offside and Ruud van Nistelrooy wagling his finger on the sidelines. Garnacho and Zirkze both certainly believe they have more reason to be in the main line-up.