MANCHESTER, England — The most shocking aspect of Manchester United’s dismal 3-1 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday is that there was little surprise at all,Brighton ease to win at Man United.

Anyone who watched the first 80 minutes against Southampton — the Premier League’s worst team — on Thursday will have worried about what Brighton might do at Old Trafford. And in that sense, the Seagulls leaving Manchester as comfortable winners was entirely predictable,Brighton ease to win at Man United.

United managed to rally themselves against Southampton to eventually win 3-1. There was no repeat against Brighton and, if anything, the visitors could have won more handsomely. They scored three, had another ruled out through VAR and squandered chances at the end,Brighton ease to win at Man United.

Brighton ease to win at Man United

Brighton have won their past three games at Old Trafford under three different managers. The problem isn’t Amorim, it’s the situation he has inherited.

We have to acknowledge the moment and not go around the problem,” Amorim said afterward. “Everybody here is underperforming; no matter what the circumstances, we are underperforming and have to accept that

“It’s unacceptable to lose so many games. For any Premier League club, but imagine Manchester United. So it’s a really hard moment, but we have to continue, there is no other way. We need to suffer and continue.”

The last time Brighton scored three in a league game was in October against Tottenham Hotspur’s notoriously leaky defence.

“We had a very mature performance. We controlled the game and created chances. The guys looked quite confident on the pitch.”

André Onana — terrific against

Brighton needed just three shots on target to score three goals. It helped that goalkeeper André Onana — terrific against Southampton — made a howler to gift the visitors their third goal. Yasin Ayari hit a hopeful cross towards nobody in particular and instead of a routine collection, Onana came sliding out and fumbled the ball into Georginio Rutter’s path to score into an empty net. It was an embarrassment which summed up United’s afternoon.

United had just one shot on target, which came from Bruno Fernandes’ first-half penalty. For the first time in nine years they failed to have a shot on target from open play in a league match at Old Trafford.

It was another one of those days when researchers were forced to open the record books to find out the last time United were this bad. Defeat to Brighton is their sixth home Premier League defeat of the season — their most from their opening 12 home matches of a league season for 130 years. The last time it happened — in the 1893-94 season — they weren’t even called United (they were named Newton Heath) and played at the Bank Street stadium.

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