Man Utd lost to Brighton by penalty in the 90+9 minute

Man Utd lost to Brighton in the first leg earlier this season, but won the FA Cup semi-final after a penalty shootout. That shows that the Amex team is a tough opponent and will become a big challenge for Man Utd in the make-up match of round 28 of the Premier League.

Man Utd faced many difficulties at Brighton (Photo: GI).

In fact, Brighton played better than Man Utd, the home team controlled the ball 60% of the time, had 22 shots, 6 of which were on target. Man Utd only had 40% of the time, fired 16 shots, 5 of which were on target. Brighton's expected goals index was 2.15, higher than the away team's 1.26.

Both teams played an open attack throughout the 90 minutes of regulation time, but unfortunately, both teams' strikers failed to capitalize on their opportunities to score the opening goal. It was thought that the match would end in a draw, but a surprise broke out in the extra minutes.

The referee re-checked the situation of the ball touching Shaw's hand (Photo: GI).

In the 90+7th minute, Shaw, while jumping to defend a corner, raised his arm high so that the ball touched his hand. The situation happened so quickly that the referee could not observe it in time, but VAR intervened. Referee Marriner, after reviewing the video of the above play, awarded the home team a penalty, and Mac Allister successfully executed the 11m kick to bring home the only goal of the match.

With three points against Man Utd, Brighton has 55 points after 32 matches, rising to 6th place. Man Utd is still in 4th place with 63 points, 4 points more than 5th place Liverpool.

So, not Liverpool, the team that has played 34 matches, Brighton is the opponent that has the strongest ability to threaten the "Red Devils"' 4th position. However, the advantage of coach Ten Hag and his team is still quite large. Man Utd needs 11 points in 5 matches to be sure to be in the Top 4, regardless of the results of the chasing teams.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/man-utd-thua-brighton-boi-qua-phat-den-o-phut-909-20230505061852391.htm