Manchester United were humiliated on home soil by Brighton and Holve Albion on Saturday during of the 2023/24 English Premier League.
Manchester United player ratings (4-3-1-2) by 90min.com.
GK: Andre Onana – 5/10 – Given little chance of keeping out Welbeck’s strike. Mainly a passenger as the ball hit the back of his net twice more.
RB: Diogo Dalot – 6/10 – Never far away from the action against Mitoma but held up well overall.
CB: Victor Lindelof – 4/10 – Couldn’t get anything on Adingra’s cross before Welbeck finished. Looked lost a lot of the time.
CB: Lisandro Martinez – 4/10 – Given the slip by Gross as United went 2-0 down. Looked far from his sharpest.
LB: Sergio Reguilon – 5/10 – Looked to make some meaty challenges early on during his United debut. Caught out of position fairly regularly.
CM: Scott McTominay – 3/10 – Offered little box-to-box threat from midfield or any protection when Brighton’s attackers came into central areas. An overly cautious selection from Ten Hag.
CM: Casemiro – 4/10 – A little sluggish with Brighton’s midfielders quicker to the loose ball.
CM: Christian Eriksen – 4/10 – Part of the static defending that gave Gross room to make it 2-0. Final ball wasn’t there.
AM: Bruno Fernandes – 4/10 – Looked capable of making the defence-splitting contribution he has so often before but it never came.
ST: Rasmus Hojlund – 6/10 – Thought he’d equalised with a tidy finish but VAR adjudged the ball to have gone out.
ST: Marcus Rashford – 6/10 – United’s biggest threat in the first half, hitting the woodwork with a deflected effort and nearly setting up Hojlund for an equaliser.
Substitutes
Hannibal Mejbri (65′ for Casemiro) – 7/10 – Had a crack from distance to get United on the scoresheet.
Anthony Martial (65′ for Hojlund) – 4/10 – His introduction from the bench so early on shows the limited options at Ten Hag’s disposal.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka (85′ for Reguilon) – N/A
Alejandro Garnacho (85′ for Martinez) – N/A
Facundo Pellistri (85′ for McTominay) – N/A
Subs not used: Daniel Gore, Harry Maguire, Jonny Evans, Altay Bayindir (GK)
Manager
Erik ten Hag – 4/10 – Trialled out a new system with a few wingers unavailable. Chance creation wasn’t an issue but United were carved open time and time again, a problem Ten Hag will need to address before the Champions League returns next week.
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