Manchester United vs Brighton LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Ronaldo ends goal drought
Manchester United 2-0 Brighton: Follow live reaction as Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes sealed an important win for Ralf Rangnick
Follow live reaction from the Premier League as Manchester United returned to winning ways and Cristiano Ronaldo ended his scoring drought against 10-man Brighton.
Jadon Sancho had the first chance of the match after being slipped in by Ronaldo’s back-heel, only to be denied by Robert Sanchez’s outstretched arm.
It was Brighton who had the better of the opening half, however, with David de Gea producing a stunning stop to deny Jakub Moder’s header for the impressive visitors.
But the match turned shortly after the restart and in the space of 90 seconds, as Ronaldo fired a brilliant finish past Sanchez to open the scoring and Lewis Dunk was sent off for bringing down Anthony Elanga.
Bruno Fernandes added a second to seal the win in stoppage time. The result moves Ralf Rangnick’s side ahead of West Ham and back into the Premier League’s top four, while ending a run of three matches without a win in all competitions.
Follow live reaction below:
Man Utd 0 - 0 Brighton
11 mins: Victor Lindelof drives the ball into midfield before sending it out to Diogo Dalot on the right wing. He brings the ball inside and swings a cross over to Anthony Elanga on the opposite wing. He plays is back as Man Utd feed men into the box. The ball comes up to Ronaldo who is encouraged to shoot but he attempts to set up Scott McTominay. The midfielder gets in a slight tangle with Fred and the home side lose the ball.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Brighton
8 mins: Save! At the other end of the pitch a poor backpass from Brighton is pounced on by Cristiano Ronaldo who carries the ball into the box. He backheels it to the arriving Jadon Sancho who takes it into the six-yard area and looks to chip the ball over the goalkeeper. Robert Sanchez charges Sancho down and keeps the shot out with an outstretched arm!
Man Utd 0 - 0 Brighton
6 mins: Save! Man Utd lose the ball in their own final third after a poor pass from Fred. Leandro Trossard collects the ball and spins to face goal. He slips Jakub Moder into the box as the drives in from the right. Moder takes a touch and then fires a shot towards the near post where David De Gea makes a sharp save!
Man Utd 0 - 0 Brighton
3 mins: A poor clearance from David De Gea sends the ball straight to Alexis MacAllister. He threads the ball up towards the box for Neal MAupay but Harry Maguire lunges at the ball and deflects it over to Diogo Dalot who clears the Manchester United lines.
Joel Veltman sends a throw in into the penalty area but Maguire is there to block the ball again and is helped out by Luke Shaw who boots the ball away.
Brighton on top in the opening stages of the game.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Brighton
Kick off: Brighton get the ball rolling at Old Trafford and send it over to the left wing. Jakub Moder brings it under control and lays it off to Marc Cucurella. He looks for a pass into the midfield but is forced to retreat in the face of a lot of red shirts. The ball evenutally comes back to him and he curls an aerial pass down the left wing but Victor Lindelof is quickly across to deal with the danger.
Manchester United vs Brighton
Here come the players. Harry Maguire leads out Manchester United. The Red Devils will be very keen to pick up all three points tonight but Brighton are tough customers in very good form. This should be a good one.
Kick off is next...
Manchester United vs Brighton
Bruno Fernandes has scored three goals and assisted two in three outings in this Premier League fixture.
Manchester United vs Brighton
Neil Maupay has equalled last season’s tally of eight Premier League goals in 12 fewer appearances. He has earned Brighton seven points this season, second only to Jamie Vardy’s eight for Leicester.
Manchester United vs Brighton
Marcus Rashford has scored four goals in his last five Premier League games against Brighton but starts on the bench for Manchester United tonight.
Manchester United vs Brighton
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The Seagulls have also won just two of their 20 midweek Premier League away games.
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