At 21:00 Beijing time on August 7, the first round of the 22/23 Premier League season, Manchester United sat in the Dream Theatre against Brighton. After 90 minutes of fighting, Manchester United lost 1-2, and Tenhag's Premier League debut was met with a slap in the face. In this game, Ronaldo did not enter the starting lineup, came off the bench in the second half, but failed to save the host.
Tenhag is quite characterful, the Premier League debut did not let Ronaldo start, the 37-year-old president sat on the bench, Rashford, Sancho and Eriksen formed a trident. According to the Statistics of the German Transfer Market Network, the total starting value of Manchester United is 440 million euros, while Brighton is only 130 million, and the gap is obvious.
Without Cristiano Ronaldo, Eriksen played the role of pseudo-center, and he was deeply retraced to participate in the advance. However, Manchester United's cooperation is very strange, there is no tacit understanding to speak of, but it is pressed by Brighton.
Just 13 seconds into the opening, Dalot mishandled the ball at the back and Trossad's small-angled shot hit the side-netting, causing United to break out in a cold sweat.
In the 30th minute, McTominay's dribble was broken, Trossard's straight pass, Welbeck's cross fell to the ground, and the follow-up Gross easily pushed the shot, and Manchester United fell behind 0-1.
In the 40th minute, United's paper paste defense was penetrated again, March cut inside the right side of the penalty area, De Gea tried his best to save the ball, but did not play far, Gross followed up with a supplementary shot and then the next city, Manchester United fell behind 0-2.
Gross has scored a total of 19 Premier League goals, six of which came from Manchester United, and is the red devil's bitter lord. In the first half, United fell behind 5-12 on goal, and the score was 0-2, and Tenghag could not sit still.
In the easy side of the fight, Rashford made a low-level mistake, inexplicably stopped the ball out of bounds, and the home fans booed. In the 53rd minute, Ronaldo finally came on the scene and replaced Fred, who was mediocre.
After Ronaldo came out, United's attack immediately improved. In the 59th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo's low cross from the right fed the ball to Rashford's feet, who pushed his shot unguarded and was saved.
Although the referee signaled that Ronaldo was offside before receiving the ball, Rashford's shot was still speechless.
In the 63rd minute, United won a corner kick, B Fei's big foot into the box, Dalot caused McAlist to swing himself in the melee, VAR signaled that the goal was valid, and the Red Devils pulled back a city, 1-2!
In the 79th minute, Sancho's direct pass was too powerful, Ronaldo could not catch up, and the ball rolled out of the bottom line. In the 85th minute, Ronaldo finally completed the first shot, but unfortunately was blocked out of bounds.
A minute later, United's corner kick was sent into the box and Lisandro Martinez's shot was blocked.
Seeing the delay in equalizing, Tenhag made consecutive substitutions in the 90th minute, with rising stars Ganacho and Erlanga coming off the bench. In the end, Manchester United was unable to return to heaven, losing 1-2 at home and encountering the opening black of the Premier League.
This 1-2 match allowed United to create two humiliations, their first two consecutive losses to Brighton, and the first time in the history of the team to lose at home to the Seagulls.
According to the data, C Ronaldo only completed 1 shot in 36 minutes on the bench, did not play in the goal range, and scored 6.7 points.