🏁 FULL-TIME: Man United 2–0 Brighton. Ronaldo ends his goal drought and the Red Devils grab the three points at Old Trafford although the performance from Rangnick's men is far from convincing.
⚽ 90+7' GOAL! Man United 2–0 Brighton. Bruno Fernandes scores with the last kick of the game after getting a chance on the break.
⏰ 80–90' Brighton get a chance to score at the death with Danny Welbeck heading the ball over. Man United are in survival mode here with six more minutes added to the game.
⏰ 70–80' Man United are missing chances here and Brighton are threatening by hitting the bar. The last ten minutes or so at Old Trafford could be quite nervy.
⏰ 60–70' Man United are in control and it's hard for Brighton to create anything with 10 man. Wayne Rooney songs ring out at Old Trafford with the atmosphere finally changing for the better.
⏰ 52–60' More good news for Man United as Brighton are reduced to 10 men with Lewis Dunk receiving the marching orders after a VAR check.
⚽ 51' GOAL! Man United 1–0 Brighton. Goal drought over! Ronaldo finds space on the edge of the box and rifles a brilliant finish into the corner.
🔥 45' SECOND HALF. We are back underway at Old Trafford!
📝 Here are the half-time ratings
Impressed: De Gea – 8.
Average: Dalot – 6, Lindelof – 6, Maguire – 6, Ronaldo – 6.
Poor: Sancho – 5, Shaw – 5, Bruno – 5,McTominay – 5, Fred – 4, Elanga – 4.
⏰ 40–45' No added time at Old Trafford as the first half ends in a goalless draw. Boos ring out from the home fans after another frustrating 45 minutes.
⏰ 30–40' Brighton should be ahead here with David De Gea pulling off a monster save to deny Jakub Moder and Yves Bissouma missing a golden chance to score minutes later.
⏰ 20–30' The formation change is not doing Man United any good and the home fans are starting to get frustrated. A complete lack of pressing from the Red Devils here, not even a hint.
⏰ 10–20' There is little pressure on Brighton's midfield and Rangnick is signalling a switch to the 4-2-3-1 formation. The Seagulls are on top in the opening 20 minutes at Old Trafford.
⏰ 0–10' A slow start to the game from Man United but Jadon Sancho has a go after a lovely back-heel pass from Cristiano Ronaldo. Meanwhile, the Red Devils keep losing the ball in dangerous positions.
🔥 0' KICK OFF. And we are underway at Old Trafford!
🗣️ Ralf Rangnick on the changes: "It was about fresh legs, Anthony Elanga did well until the last two games he did not start in. Paul Pogba came back after his long term injury and Fred is fully back in training so I decided to go with that."
👉 Here are the team news for tonight. Raphael Varane has been pulled from the starting XI after suddenly feeling 'ill'.
Man United XI: De Gea, Dalot, Varane, Maguire, Shaw, McTominay, Fred, Bruno, Sancho, Elanga, Ronaldo.
Subs: Henderson, Telles, Jones, Lindelof, Wan-Bissaka, Lingard, Mata, Pogba, Rashford.
Brighton XI: Sanchez, Cucurella, Dunk, Webster, Veltman, Mac Allister, Moder, Bissouma, Gross, Maupay, Trossard.
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