Man Utd were quite unlucky at the Amex Stadium when the referee twice denied goals and conceded a goal in the last minute of injury time. Brighton won 2-1 in the early match of round 2 of the 2024-25 Premier League.

Man Utd visited Brighton’s Amex Stadium with an unchanged lineup compared to the win over Fulham. Both teams started the game at a slow pace, neither team could create an overwhelming game, putting pressure on the opponent. In the first half, both Man Utd and Brighton barely had a shot on each other’s goal.

The turning point of the match came in the 32nd minute, Man Utd’s defense was quite loose in marking. Mitoma received the ball comfortably in the penalty area and then crossed for Welbeck to tap the ball into the goal to open the score.

A minute after conceding, Man Utd scored against the home team, but the goal was disallowed because Rashford was offside. For the rest of the first half, the match returned to the “sleepy” state as in the beginning.

After the break, both teams increased the pace of the match, making it more exciting. In the first 15 minutes of the second half, Brighton continuously threatened the away team’s goal, most notably Welbeck’s header from a corner kick, Onana stood still and watched but the ball hit the crossbar and bounced out.

Quite deadlocked in attack, Man Utd unexpectedly scored an equalizer in the 61st minute.

Amad got down to receive the ball on the right wing, he turned the ball to eliminate the opposing defender and shot, the ball hit the Brighton player’s foot on the way back and bounced into the net.

After the equalizer, Man Utd played more sharply. In the 70th minute, Garnacho shot from the left into an empty net when Brighton’s defense had drawn the ball towards Fernandes.

Unfortunately for Man Utd, the ball accidentally hit Zirkzee’s knee right on the goal line, the Dutch striker was offside after failing to tackle Fernandes’ pass, so the goal was disallowed.