João Pedro’s dramatic late header earned Brighton a 2-1 win against a Manchester United side left to rue a farcical offside goal
it was a very familiar story. João Pedro got the winner in the fifth minute of added time and, while United will lament a farcical second-half offside that prevented them taking the lead, Brighton had looked the likelier to score for all but about 10 minutes of the second half. For United this was another performance that was probably better than equivalent games last season, but still far from good enough.
Welbeck was the future of United once, a local lad and a fan with a knack of scoring goals. He left the club in 2014, two years before the emergence of Marcus Rashford, another local lad and a fan with a knack of scoring goals, who is also looking increasingly like a player whose potential will not be realised at Old Trafford. It was Rashford whose pass to Bruno Fernandes was intercepted by Billy Gilmour in the buildup to the Brighton opener.
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