Manchester UnitedvsBrighton & Hove Albion
MAN 3/BHA 0
Things to say
Manchester United beat Brighton 3-0 at the Amex on full time.
01
opener
United absolutely rolled Brighton at the Amex, 3-nil. Brighton couldn't string anything together. Honestly a bit shambolic from the home side.
02
key player
Verbruggen made five saves and still picked the ball out of the net three times. Tells you everything about how exposed that back line was.
03
hot take
If Bruno Fernandes is your top passer with 47, you're not really playing through the lines, you're just keeping the ball. United won on chances, not control.
04
deep cut
Patrick Dorgu led United with three shots. The left back. That's how deep Brighton sat and how often United got round the outside.
05
exit
Brighton need a reset before the next one, because this version of them gets paddled again.
The recap
United rolled into the Amex and handed Brighton an absolute paddling, 3-nil at full time. Verbruggen was busy all afternoon — five saves to his name — but the back line in front of him was shambolic, and once United found the net the floodgates were always going to creak.
Bruno pulled the strings from deep with 47 accurate passes, and Lammens barely had to break a sweat for the clean sheet. Brighton mustered next to nothing going forward, with Diego Gómez's three shots the best of a thin lot.