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Manchester United suffered their sixth residence Premier League defeat of the season, a 1-3 defeat towards their bogey workforce Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday.
That is probably the most variety of residence losses the membership have suffered having performed 12 instances at residence in additional than 100 years and Ruben Amorim’s aspect stay in thirteenth place.
The Seagulls have now received six of the final eight conferences between the 2 sides, together with the final three league fixtures on the Theatre of Goals.
Dwelling benefit has grow to be a fable this season and the workforce appears to play higher away from residence and away from the glare of 75,000 followers.
United fail to make residence benefit depend once more
The Portuguese had promised a rollercoaster season and we’re definitely seeing it in motion. After each good show in an enormous away sport, the workforce fails to carry out at residence.
They have been fortunate to flee with a win on Thursday with Amad Diallo sparing their blushes with a 12-minute hattrick late on. Earlier than that, backside of the league Southampton appeared a lot the higher aspect.
As has grow to be the norm, it was the house aspect who conceded first however they did reply properly as Bruno Fernandes transformed from the spot after Joshua Zirkzee had received a penalty.
However their gameplay fully collapsed within the second half because the Seagulls netted twice with Andre Onana having a shocker in objective.
When former boss Erik ten Hag had determined to maneuver on from David de Gea, he had envisioned his new goalie to be snug with the ball at his toes and somebody who’s courageous off the road.
He determined to splash £47.2 million in the summertime of 2023 to deliver Onana from Inter Milan, having labored with him beforehand in Amsterdam.
Onana error once more
After a tough first few months, he was trying like the true deal within the early components of this marketing campaign however on Sunday, the Cameroonian was something however.
For Brighton’s second, he stayed rooted to the spot as Kaoru Mitoma ghosted in to attain a diving header. And the third got here from an enormous mistake with the previous Ajax star failing to gather a routine cross.
Whereas his shot-stopping has helped the Crimson Devils fairly a couple of instances this season, Onana is increase fairly a list of errors in his nonetheless nascent United profession.
Altay Bayindir has proven he’s greater than able to step in if required, as seen from his heroic show towards Arsenal within the FA Cup. It could be time to let the Turk have a go in objective ranging from the following sport towards Rangers within the Europa League.
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