In the first round of the English Premier League, Manchester United fell into the trap of losing 2-1 to their guest, Brighton Albion, in a match that took place at Old Trafford.

With this important victory, Brighton added 3 points to their balance sheet and finished fifth, while the Red Devils did not add a single point to their balance sheet and placed the team in 15th place.

Going back to the atmosphere of the match, the start of the first half was close between the two teams, despite the hosts’ superior possession, but for their part, Brighton were the most dangerous side as they reached goalkeeper David de Gea 12 times compared to the manager’s 4 times. Ten’s men Hague, United got a chance but Denmark’s Eriksen handled the ball poorly and Brighton opened their record in the 30th minute thanks to Pascal Gros. after a fine pass from Welbeck and United tried to quickly convert the case by putting more pressure on Brighton’s goal, but the latter surprised him with a second goal in the 39th minute through Gross himself, making it 2-0, and then the referee added two minutes, which did not lead to a change in the result, ending the first half with a score of 2:0.

In the second half, Manchester United put heavy pressure on Brighton’s goal in an attempt to close the gap as manager Ten Hag made quick substitutions for the team’s top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo, who made a fine cross to Rashford, who failed to convert him as the Portuguese was offside, and in the 68th minute, United managed to close the difference with a corner after Diogo Dalot collided with goalkeeper Sanchez, but the ball bounced off Mac Alistair into the goal, making it 2-1, and coach Ten Hag’s men continued to dominate and put pressure on goalkeeper Sanchez, but United failed to take advantage of the chances that opened up in front of them. The referee added 5 minutes of stoppage time, as this did not lead to a 2-1 change in the result. , so Ten Hag lost his first official test with United in the opening Premier League.

In the other match, the match between Leicester City and its guest Brentford ended in a positive 2–2 draw, as Leicester’s goals came from Castagna and Dusbury Hull, while Brentford’s goals came from Toni and Joshua Da Silva.