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Manchester United suffered their sixth residence Premier League defeat of the season, a 1-3 defeat in opposition to their bogey crew Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday.
That is essentially the most variety of residence losses the membership have suffered having performed 12 occasions at residence in additional than 100 years and Ruben Amorim’s aspect stay in thirteenth place.
The Seagulls have now gained six of the final eight conferences between the 2 sides, together with the final three league fixtures on the Theatre of Desires.
Dwelling benefit has develop into a fable this season and the crew 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 actually seeing it in motion. After each good show in an enormous away recreation, the crew fails to carry out at residence.
They had 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 seemed a lot the higher aspect.
As has develop into the norm, it was the house aspect who conceded first however they did reply effectively as Bruno Fernandes transformed from the spot after Joshua Zirkzee had gained a penalty.
However their gameplay utterly collapsed within the second half because the Seagulls netted twice with Andre Onana having a shocker in aim.
When former boss Erik ten Hag had determined to maneuver on from David de Gea, he had envisioned his new goalie to be comfy with the ball at his ft and somebody who’s courageous off the road.
He determined to splash £47.2 million in the summertime of 2023 to carry Onana from Inter Milan, having labored with him beforehand in Amsterdam.
Onana error once more
After a troublesome first few months, he was trying like the actual 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 Purple Devils fairly a number of occasions this season, Onana is build up fairly a listing 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 in opposition to Arsenal within the FA Cup. It may be time to let the Turk have a go in aim ranging from the following recreation in opposition to Rangers within the Europa League.
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