Two up, then out: United 2–3 Brighton
Your team led 2–0 inside ten minutes at Old Trafford. You lost 3–2 to Brighton & Hove Albion (8). Shea Lacey and Mason Mount scored, then Michael Carrick watched it all come apart (8).
Brighton finished it. Maxim De Cuyper got the winner, Charalampos Kostoulas and Pascal Gross also scored, and Youri Tielemans had an assist in a losing cause (4)(17). Gross said the noise from the home crowd was what happens at big clubs (17). Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler credited belief and character (19).
Carrick: "We can't accept this"
Carrick did not dress it up. "The feeling at the start of the game to the feeling at the end of the game couldn't have been further apart," he said (5). He called the performance unacceptable (5). He also said he does not feel under pressure (14). The boos around Old Trafford suggested plenty in the ground disagree (3).
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A 50-year record goes with it
This one has history attached. The defeat broke a 50-year record at Old Trafford (10). Sky Sports put it bluntly: not just a defeat, not just a collapse, not just a cup exit (11). The first real pressure of Carrick's reign has arrived (1).
JJ Gabriel wants out
Michael Carrick confirmed he is involved in talks about JJ Gabriel's future after the 15-year-old asked to leave (2). United had been preparing to make him their youngest ever first-team player (12). Gary Neville is not convinced by the reasoning around the situation (6).
Fulham next
You go to Fulham on Sunday, 17:30 CEST, sitting 13th on 4 points from 4 league games (NEXT MATCH). Four points, zero goal difference, and a squad that has won two of its last five.
