Fans who didn't watch the livestream woke up to an overview of United's game.
The score was 2-0, back in the top four, Cristiano Ronaldo scored, B Fei sealed the win, shot 20-10... Everything looked so perfect and it seemed as if United had won quite easily over Brighton.
But fans who have watched the live broadcast can find that this victory has exposed too many problems for Manchester United. For most of the game, United played rather passively, even to describe it as a mess.
At the final whistle, the camera was given to Ronnick and his coaching staff, and the commentator, former international Liu Yue, sighed: "What you see from the face of the coaching staff is not excitement, but a breath!" ”
Yes, this is also a true portrayal of the scene of this game. B Fee's goal came in the 97th minute, and before that, Brighton, who played 10 to 11, could still besiege the Red Devils, and Lonnick was terrified.
On February 16, Beijing time, Manchester United hosted Brighton, who ranked ninth in the table. If it weren't for a red shirt and a familiar venue, you would probably think United were playing away from home.
The whole game can be divided into two parts, the first 50 minutes and the last 40 minutes.
When the opening whistle sounded, Manchester United fell into a full range of passivity, although C Ronaldo also occasionally created opportunities, but more time, Manchester United were passively beaten.
Four numbers speak for themselves, and the game went on in the 25th minute, with United having just one shot on goal.
From the 32nd minute to the 35th minute, Brighton almost pressed Manchester United to the ground and rubbed the ball, passing the ball with more than 50 feet in a row, and the Manchester United players were walked around and could not touch the ball at all.
From the 38th to the 40th minute, Brighton surrounded United's goal and shot four feet in a row like a machine gun. If it weren't for De Gea's world-class save, United would have conceded the ball long ago!
After half-time, the two teams' shooting ratio was 3-8, and United were absolutely at a disadvantage, with Brighton at one point having 70% of the ball. Liu Yue praised De Gea's performance, and he joked: "The best manchester United in February may still be De Gea, after all, the weak team will go out!" ”
The turning point of the whole game occurred in the 51st minute, when Cristiano Ronaldo broke the 2022 goal drought. This time, instead of choosing to pass to his teammates, he was confident to complete the goal.
Looking at Cristiano Ronaldo in adversity, he ran to the corner and received cheers from the Theater of Dreams.
Just two minutes later, a scene that changed the course of the game appeared, brighton's defender Dunk made a mistake and had no choice but to bring down Erlanga. Since Erlanga had the opportunity to score directly, the referee looked back and showed Dunk a red card.
11 to 10, it stands to reason that Manchester United can easily control the situation. Indeed, United took advantage of the numerical superiority to complete a multi-foot shot. But after stabilizing the situation, Brighton, with the possession back, can still pose a threat to The United goal, Arzat's hanging shot, past De Gea hit the crossbar, the fans on the scene issued a cry of surprise.
In fact, in the stoppage time stage, Brighton, who was at a disadvantage in numbers, still occupied the initiative on the field, and it was completely invisible that it was 10 to 11, it seemed more like 11 to 10.
In the end, Brighton was locked up by B Fee in the case of abandoning the defensive pressure, and after the 2-0 victory, Manchester United surpassed West Ham and returned to the fourth position.
Despite the 2-0 win, United still exposed a number of flaws, such as the attack in the first half, which seemed to have no other way but to rely on Sancho for a point.
In addition, Luke Shaw, B Fee, etc. all encountered the same embarrassing situation, that is, they could not complete the forward pass, because the teammates only made one run while waiting for the pass, and if the Brighton defense followed, they did not run.
On the defensive end, Lonnick learned the lesson of a draw with Southampton, a game in which the single-back McTominay became the focus of the opponent's attack. In this game, Scott McTominay and Fred were paired, unfortunately, the two players were very strong alone, but together, they became Brighton's breakthrough.
Facing Brighton at home, Manchester United has 50% of the ball and the number of passes is not as good as their opponents, how big is the gap between the Red Devils and Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool?