Post Match report for the Man Utd game - Saturday, 16th September 2023
PREMIER LEAGUE 23/24: Manchester United V Brighton - 16/9/23 P5
* * * * * BIG VENUE BIG DISPLAY BIG WIN * * * * *
RESULT: 1-3 ~ Welbeck, Gross, Pedro . (h-t 0-1)
VENUE: Old Trafford, Manchester - second away match of 5 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: September was already turning into an intense month after that very hot start in all senses. Apart from regular Prem games the period ahead began involvement in Thursday-night Europa League group matches, plus a midweek knockout tie away in the EFL Cup.
WEATHER: late summer . GATE: 73,592 . ATMOSPHERE: rocking into Europe from way up north.
ROBERTO de ZERBI had a serious number of returnees from multi-nations duties during the international break.
RdZ consulted his back-up support group of assistants, coaches, analysts, specialists and other experts to get up to speed with a team-sheet.
INJURED: 7 March 10 Enciso 15 Moder
SQUAD: 30 Estupinan 38 McGill 40 Buonanotte 41 Hinshelwood 43 Samuels
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 23 Steele
. 34 Veltman 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk 2 Lamptey
. 24 Adingra 8 Dahoud 13 Gross 22 Mitoma
. . . . . 14 Lallana . . . . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 9 Pedro (64), 31 Fati (64), 6 Milner (77), 11 Gilmour (77), 28 Ferguson (85)
BENCH: 1 Verbruggen (gk) 3 Julio 4 Webster 20 Baleba
GOALS:
0-1 - 20 . WELBECK finished a move he was involved in which went up the pitch on the right via Adingra.
0-2 - 53 . GROSS got another goal against United when showing special skills to convert a Lamptey centre.
0-3 - 71 . PEDRO fired in a hot shot following good teamwork moving ahead from speed by Lamptey.
1-3 - 73 . locals sub netted a quick consolation which soiled another possible clean sheet but did not rip thru any seams.
YELLOWS: Lamptey, van Hecke.
INCIDENTS: United had the ball in the net just prior to halftime but VAR confirmed it went into touch over the by-line during build up of offensive play.
CHANGES: 64 Pedro & Fati for Welbeck & Lallana . 77 Milner & Gilmour for Lamptey & Dahoud
85 Ferguson for Adingra
FIRST HALF: weathering hosts strong start and then bagging the lead turned things towards travellers advantage.
SECOND HALF: scoring further goals from effective and fluid forward momentum put visitors in control to manage later stages.
IN THE END: a competent performance from an irregular Seagulls squad that coped well in defence but was superb in execution of attacking moves.
NUMBERS: poss 43%-57%, on target 4-8, off target 10-2, corners 8-1,
fouls 8-9, yellows 2-2, subs 5-5, shape 41212-4231 . . . . . gd8 pt12 po4
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