On the evening of August 7, Beijing time, the first round of the 2022/23 Premier League season ushered in a focus battle, Manchester United lost 1-2 at home, suffered the first defeat, and was also the first time in the history of the team to lose to Brighton at home in the Premier League, creating a new record of shame.
United did not perform well last season, finishing only sixth in the Premier League, and scoring just 58 points in 38 rounds set the team's record for the fewest points in the last 30 years. The new season did not qualify for the Champions League, resulting in Manchester United being unable to attract big stars to join, only bringing in Lisandro Martinez, Ericlin, Malaysia, and Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo frequently eager to leave the team.
The premier league start of the new season sits at Old Trafford against Brighton, and United lost 4-0 away from home last season, and now the Red Devils have a chance for revenge.
As manager, Tenhach made his official debut in charge of Manchester United, sending Marcus Rashford as a single arrow in the starting lineup, Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was reduced to a substitute, and Sancho, B Fee and Eriksen were on the forward line.
In the 30th minute, Welbeck's low ball was passed towards goal and Gross easily pushed the goal to help Brighton take a 1-0 lead.
Nine minutes later, United's backline was pierced again, McAllister's low shot from the penalty area was saved by De Gea, Gross scored in, and Brighton extended the score 2-0.
In just nine minutes, United conceded two goals in a row, which is not surprising compared to last season's 4-0 defeat against Brighton. In fact, at the beginning of the Manchester United backline, there were many mistakes, but the Brighton players did not seize the opportunity, and now they have scored 2 times in a short period of time, easily breaking the Manchester United backline, making the new manager Tenhag look solemn.
According to statistics, Brighton had 13 leads in the Premier League last season and did not lose in the end, so the pressure on United came.
In the 53rd minute of the second half, Manchester United made a substitution adjustment, and Ronaldo came on as a substitute to replace Fred. In the 68th minute, B Fee scored a corner kick, McAllister scored and United pulled a goal back 1-2.
After that, Manchester United continued to besiege the Brighton backline, did not rewrite the score again, C Ronaldo came off the bench without a shot, the performance was mediocre, and finally the Red Devils lost 1-2, suffering the first defeat of the new season.
According to statistics, Brighton's first victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford in the six seasons since he was promoted to the Premier League is also the end of a 5-game losing streak. In addition, United lost in the first round of the Premier League after a gap of eight years, the last time dating back to the 2014/15 season, when the Red Devils lost 2-1 at home to Swansea.