Man Utd suffer 3-1 loss to Brighton as Onana error compounds misery

Following a 3-1 home defeat to Brighton in the Premier League, Manchester United’s season has gotten even more tense.

At Old Trafford on Sunday, Yankuba Minteh, Kaoru Mitoma, and Georginio Rutter scored to send United to their 10th defeat in the league, causing United to endure a miserable defeat.

United were denied by a howler from goalkeeper Andre Onana, who pour a routine gather from a low cross into the box, which allowed Rutter to tap home the loose ball.

Under new head coach Ruben Amorim, the record 20-time English champions were eliminated in their seventh straight defeat, which highlighted the enormous work the Portuguese manager has done.

Brighton climbed to ninth place with 34 points, four points off the top four. United are 13th on 26, also from 22 games.

On their last three trips to Old Trafford, Brighton have won six of their last seven league games against United.

In honor of club legend Denis Law, who passed away this week, the teams were led out by bagpipes, and former manager Alex Ferguson laid a wreath in the center circle.

After five minutes, Mitoma broke the offside trap left from Carlos Baleba’s long ball and his cross gave the unmarked Minteh a straightforward finish.

When Brighton made an effort to play the ball out of defense in the first half, United won the penalty, but Joshua Zirkzee received the ball in the box after Bart Verbruggen’s pass was poor.

Baleba put his arm on the shoulder of the striker, who went to ground. Fernandes slotted home to level the score after Referee Peter Bankes pointed the finger at the spot.

Seven minutes into the second period, United missed a low free kick into the box and Pedro scored. Brighton thought they were back in the lead. However, a VAR inspection revealed that Diogo Dalot had allegedly kicked Jan Paul van Hecke’s foot during the melee.

However, the visitors did score again on the hour when Mitoma curled past United defender Noussair Mazraoui to turn in Minteh’s warm cross.

After Brighton equalized, Onana’s horrifying error gave the hosts a third goal, leaving United to reflect on their 10th league defeat.