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0 wins and 7 losses! Manchester United is under a nightmare spell and the Premier League four is in suspense?

On May 5, Beijing time, visiting the South Coast, Manchester United were killed by Brighton at the last moment, and this season's away curse continued, and the situation of competing for four was also overshadowed.

0 wins and 7 losses! Manchester United is under a nightmare spell and the Premier League four is in suspense?

In the first leg of the Theatre of Dreams, Manchester United lost 1-2 to Brighton, suffered a black start to the season, and was swept 0-4 here last season! Although the FA Cup semi-finals were successfully revenged, it was also played to a penalty shootout, and the win was very thrilling.

In this game, Brighton continued to perform better, with more possession and shots on goal than Manchester United, and better chances of scoring. Under the passivity, the Red Devils were finally punished in injury time, and Luke Shaw sent a handball and was killed 0-1!

0 wins and 7 losses! Manchester United is under a nightmare spell and the Premier League four is in suspense?

Brighton were ranked 7th in the Premier League before the game, so in their last 14 Premier League away games against teams in the top half of the table, United have won just one, with one win, three draws and 10 defeats, and the only victory was a 2-1 win over Fulham (then 9th) in November.

What's more, away from home to the top 9 of the table, Manchester United won 0, drew 1 and lost 7! Among them, including 0-4 Brentford, 0-7 Liverpool, 3-6 Manchester City and other "famous" defeats, the only one point, was also forced to draw 2-2 by Tottenham Hotspur in the great situation of 2-0 lead.

0 wins and 7 losses! Manchester United is under a nightmare spell and the Premier League four is in suspense?

After the loss, Manchester United accumulated 63 points in 33 rounds, 2 points behind third-placed Newcastle and 4 points ahead of fifth-placed Liverpool in one game, although it still dominated, but still made the battle for four suspense again.

In the final rounds, Manchester United faced West Ham United, Wolves, Bournemouth, Chelsea and Fulham. Liverpool's opponents are Brentford, Leicester City, Aston Villa and Southampton, the latter of which is undoubtedly less difficult.

In short, Manchester United really can't afford to lose if they want to qualify for next season's Champions League! Without the Champions League to play, Ten Hag's first season would not be entirely satisfactory, even if he won the domestic cup double.

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