In the early morning of February 16, Beijing time, the Premier League ushered in a make-up match in the 18th round, and Manchester United sat at home to welcome brighton's challenge.
Manchester United's number one star Cristiano Ronaldo suffered a goal drought, and as of this game, he has failed to score for 538 consecutive minutes in all competitions for Manchester United, which is the second longest goal drought since 2010.
United's attacks have also been rather sluggish, with only one of the last 10 Premier League games having scored more than 1,7 goals in 10 games, and the Red Devils under Lonnick's coaching have even been in the bottom of the Premier League.
In direct proportion to the sluggish attack, United's recent form has been quite bad, with the last two league rounds drawing 1-1 with Southampton in the middle and 1-1 with Burnley, who is at the bottom of the table.
Before this game, Manchester United had 40 points from 11 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats, temporarily ranking fifth. Brighton's performance was quite good, with 7 wins, 12 draws and 4 losses, and Brighton temporarily ranked ninth. In the last 10 rounds of the Premier League, Brighton has won 3, drawn 6 and lost 1, and his state is also quite stable.
After the opening, Brighton countered mainly, Maguire continued to release the siege, and De Gea also made a divine save.
In the 6th minute, United had a chance, brighton centre-back stopped the ball and Cristiano Ronaldo passed the ball to Sancho. Sancho's shot was saved, and C Luo, who was guarding the middle, was quite dissatisfied with his hands.
Sancho's second attack chose to pass the ball, but was destroyed by the defender, and Ronaldo kicked the goalpost to vent his emotions.
In the opening 10 minutes, Brighton had 70% possession!
In the 25 minutes of the game, The United team only had one shot on goal, which was not at all like a home game, and the scene was firmly controlled by Brighton.
From the 32nd to the 35th minute, Brighton made no less than 50 passes, and the Manchester United players couldn't touch the ball at all, which was quite embarrassing.
From the 38th minute to the 40th minute, Brighton completed five shots on goal, and if it were not for De Gea's world-class save, United would have conceded the ball long ago.
In the first half, Manchester United played Brighton 0-0 in a fully passive situation.
At the beginning of the second half, Brighton's defense made mistakes, and in the 51st minute, Ronaldo completed the goal, and Old Trafford fell into a carnival, giving United a 1-0 lead.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 15th goal in all competitions this season, including nine in the league, and he also broke the 2022 goal drought.
In the first minute, Brighton's defense made another mistake, Dunk, as the last defender, knocked over Erlanga, the referee looked back and the yellow card turned red, and Manchester United played 11 to 10.
In the 72nd minute, brighton goalkeeper passed the ball wrong, C Ronaldo directly completed the steal, he did not greedy, but passed the ball to the better position B Fei, B Fei's shot was saved by the goalkeeper.
Brighton, who was underdog in numbers, still played well, and Arzat seemed to shoot like a pass, and the ball crossed De Gea and hit the crossbar.
At the end of the game, United still handed the ball to the other side and looked more like Brighton 11 to 10 on the pitch.
In the 97th minute, Brighton pressed hard, Manchester United launched a counterattack, B Fee sealed the victory.
In the end, with the goals of C Ronaldo and B Fei, Manchester United won a difficult 2-0 victory over Brighton at home, and after this game, Manchester United overtook West Ham and returned to the top four with a two-point advantage!