A 3-1 defeat to Manchester United fell to 12th, Ten Hag's tactics were furiously criticized, not far from the end of class?

Manchester United's 3-1 defeat to Brighton in their first Premier League game after the international break was furious. The poor mental state of Manchester United in the game and the confusion of the players' performance really set off Brighton like a big team. After the game, Ten Hag was under pressure, and Manchester United started extremely unfavorably, with a 2-3 result, which really could not be justified.

If the FIFA virus is the "murderer" who attacked the giants, it is indeed excusable. After all, Manchester City came up and conceded the goal, Dort also suffered from falling behind, Tottenham also lost points and were suppressed by the opponent, Liverpool were cornered by Wolves, this is what happened in this week's league. However, Manchester City later overtook Dort, Tottenham completed the comeback and Liverpool won the game. Only Manchester United, so bleak.

It is clear that the collective loss of the central midfield is the root of Manchester United's loss. From the poor position and poor choice of Onana, you can see how disappointing their performance is. It was almost a shot on target, leaving Brighton to get what he wanted. Objectively evaluated, Welbeck, who has always been known for missing out, can eat the sweetness of Manchester United, and the achievement of scoring goals can be seen where the problem is.

Manchester United looked at it dumbfounded, and just lost points

Where is this defense

Brighton couldn't stop it when he was confident

Of course, this did shut up Onana. After the goalkeeper arrived at Old Trafford, he had high hopes, but unfortunately his performance was getting worse and worse, and his favorite "blame teammates" gradually disappeared.

The same goes for Eriksen and Casemiro in front of Onana. Even with the addition of Scott McTominay, Manchester United was still passed and passed smoothly by the opposing midfield, which can be described as "too interesting". Supporting trios such as Gross, Dahoud and Lallana were able to create chances in the United penalty area, and it is no wonder that they were poured into three points by their opponents.

Throughout the game, Brighton's expected goal xOG was only 1.3 attempts, but Manchester United gave them 3 chances, which is really incomprehensible. Nine shots, seven shots on target, nearly 60% control, and 210+ more passes than Manchester United are advantages that Brighton were "forced" to gain. To be honest, they really didn't play very well, and star players like Kaoru Mikasa were a bit sleepwalking, but even then they still won, and it can only be said that Manchester United is really bad.

Not to mention the frontcourt players such as Marcus Rashford and Bruno. From the 50th to 70th minute alone, Rashford had at least three one-on-one chances against Van Heik on the left wing, but either fired or deflected, should this be the level taken by Manchester United's striker? Bruno, as captain, did not play a tandem role, which is too far from his performance in the Portuguese national team.

After the game, Ten Hag's face was extremely ugly. With the full support of the top, he took the initiative in the VS Sancho incident, however, this did not lead to too good results, but was linked to disappointment. This is not what the top management and Manchester United supporters want to see, 2-3 results, is this the level that should be taken out to compete for the top four?