At 18:00 in the English Premier League, the penultimate match of the 2nd round took place.
Brighton hosted Manchester United at home. After a difficult victory in the first round, the "Red Devils" could not save themselves this time - Brighton defeated their opponents with a score of 3:2.
In these matches, the Man Utd team struggled to create or break attacks. The first goal into the visitors' goal came in the 25th minute - Glenn Murray skillfully executed a pass from his teammate with one touch and sent the ball past De Gea's hands into the net.
Just two minutes later, Man Utd were punished with another goal - defender Shane Duffy took advantage of a set-piece situation in the penalty area and struck a second goal into the opponents' net.
However, in the 34th minute, the Manchester team found a gap in the home team's defense - Luke Shaw fought for the ball and passed it to Romelu Lukaku, who headed it in to reduce the deficit.
Nevertheless, this did not wake up the Man Utd team and in the 44th minute, Brighton regained their two-goal advantage. Eric Bailly unlawfully stopped his opponent in the penalty area, and Pascal Gross successfully converted the penalty kick.
In the second half, Jose Mourinho brought on his brightest English stars, but they did not bring a quick result.
In the final moments of the match, United earned a penalty kick and Paul Pogba successfully converted it, but there were only a few seconds left to play and Brighton triumphed with a score of 3:2.
For the Brighton team, these were their first points, while United suffered their first loss.
Result:
Brighton 3 - 2 Man Utd
25' [1 - 0] G. Murray
27' [2 - 0] S. Duffy
34' [2 - 1] R. Lukaku
44' [3 - 1] P. Gross (penalty)
90+5' [3 - 2] P. Pogba (penalty)
League table:
