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Manchester United fell to a late 2-1 defeat against Brighton on Saturday lunchtime following Joao Pedro‘s 95th-minute header on the south coast.
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Brighton took the lead through Danny Welbeck after 32 minutes following some indecisiveness in the United backline, but Amad Diallo’s deflected effort levelled the score shortly after the hour mark.
Alejandro Garnacho’s effort was rightly ruled out for an unfortunate offside with 20 minutes to play and Pedro’s late header condemned Erik ten Hag’s men to their first defeat of the season.
How the game unfolded
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Both sides spent the opening ten minutes figuring one another out and it was United that came closest to taking an early lead. Diogo Dalot’s wonderful cross found Amad at the far post but the 22-year-old fired a left-footed effort wide from close range.
The visitors continued to have the best of the early chances without testing Jason Steele in the Brighton goal. Casemiro headed over the crossbar from a free kick and Dalot’s long-range curler drifted past the post just before the half-hour mark.
But it was Brighton who found the back of the net with their first shot on target and former United striker Welbeck got the decisive touch. Some questionable defending from Harry Maguire allowed Kaoru Mitoma the chance to flash a cross into the six-yard box, with Welbeck grabbing his second goal of the season.
Marcus Rashford thought he had levelled for United just a minute later but his scrappy effort was ruled out for offside, with Brighton holding their slim advantage as the half-time whistle rang around the Amex Stadium.
Brighton almost doubled their advantage just six minutes after the restart after an incisive run from Pedro. The Brazilian drove into the final third and found veteran James Milner, who saw his poked shot cleared off the line by Dalot.
The Seagulls continued to threaten as the second half progressed and Welbeck may well have grabbed himself his second of the afternoon just before the hour mark. The 33-year-old redirected a free-kick with a deft header but the crossbar denied the experienced forward.
Luck deserted Brighton just moments later at the other end as United found their equaliser. Amad was released down the right-hand side and arrowed a strike towards Steele’s goal, with a mighty deflection off Jan Paul van Hecke bamboozling the Brighton stopper.
United believed they had completed the turnaround shortly after they equalised but this time luck shone on the Seagulls. Garnacho looked to have tapped home the visitors’ second of the match but the ball struck the offside Joshua Zirkzee’s knee on its way into the back of the net.
Both teams pushed for a winner in the closing stages and it was Brighton that found one. Substitute Simon Adingra floated a delicate cross into the path of Pedro, who headed beyond Andre Onana to seal a memorable win early in the Fabian Hurzeler era.
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