Manchester United suffered their first league home defeat since the opening weekend of last season with an insipid performance against Brighton. Despite a bright start, Erik ten Hag’s team lost 3-1, with the visitors scoring too easily and the manager’s removal of summer-signing striker Rasmus Hojlund booed.
The defeat means United have now lost three of their five matches this season and head into Wednesday’s opening Champions League group game away to Bayern Munich on the back of successive defeats.
Home fans left Old Trafford early to cap a dismal week for the club, who saw Antony stay in his native Brazil after being accused of assault by three women while Jadon Sancho was banished from the first team by Ten Hag.
Here is what three of our experts made of the Brighton game.
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Laurie Whitwell: For the first time in Erik ten Hag’s 13-month tenure, United fans showed dissent over one of his decisions. When €85million (£73m; $93m) buy Hojlund was announced as one of the players to come off in Ten Hag’s first round of substitutions on 64 minutes, with United trailing 2-0, Old Trafford let out a collective boo that lingered until the Danish striker reached the touchline, when the noise turned to applause at appreciation for a committed…
