IN-FORM Brighton and Hove Albion put 3 goals past a helpless Manchester United side in their English Premier League matchup on Saturday afternoon.
Despite pulling a goal back, Erik Ten Hag’s side lost on a day where they were outclasses by the superior Seagulls on home turf.
20 minutes into the encounter and former Man Utd striker, Danny Welbeck, struck the first dagger in the heart of his former side with a well taken goal.
Brighton’s quality on the ball frustrated Man Utd in the encounter as the Seagulls barely put a foot wrong.
Manchester United eventually equalized in the 41st minute through Rasmus Holjmund, or so they thought.
The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) intervened to cancel the goal, adjudging the ball to have gone out of play before reaching the goal scorer.
Brighton maintain the scoreline 1-0 going into the break.
The second half began more or the same, with Brighton managing the game well and Man Utd looking desperate to get on the score sheet.
Brighton soon made it 2 with Pascal Gross stretching the lead in superb fashion in the 53rd minute.
Holjmund almost created a scoring chance for teammate, Rashford, minutes later, but the Englishman’s shot as blocked.
Brighton weren’t done yet as they extended their lead even further through Joao Pedro in the 71st minute, 3-0 to the Seagulls.
Manchester United saved face two minutes later, pulling one back through youngster, Mejbri.
Despite Man Utd defender, Lindelof, heading wide late on, Brighton saw out the game to win 3-1, their fine form continuing.