Manchester United edged nearer to a top-four end within the Premier League after Mason Greenwood headed an opportunist late winner to safe a 2-1 dwelling win over struggling Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday.
Former United striker Danny Welbeck had headed Brighton right into a Thirteenth-minute lead earlier than Marcus Rashford equalised within the 62nd minute and Greenwood popped up on the sting of the six-yard field to full the Old Trafford aspect’s comeback within the 83rd.
The outcome left second-placed United on 60 factors from 30 video games, 14 behind leaders Manchester City who’ve performed a recreation extra and 4 forward of third-placed Leicester City. Brighton stayed sixteenth on 32 factors, six factors above the relegation zone.
United supervisor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was happy along with his aspect’s hard-fought win and mentioned David De Gea and England’s Dean Henderson, picked forward of the Spaniard, had been now neck-and-neck within the pecking order for first-choice goalkeeper.
“It’s always difficult to play Brighton,” Solskjaer instructed the BBC. “We have had good results and we’ve had to earn them the hard way. We managed to find a way in the second half.
“We had to come in at halftime and compose ourselves as we didn’t create much after they scored.”
“I’ve got two great keepers, two numbers ones. David de Gea spent a while back home and then he had internationals so he hadn’t played for about a month. He’ll definitely play football for us again.”
STATIC DEFENCE
Welbeck fired Brighton forward with a composed end after Henderson saved his preliminary header with United’s static defence giving him time and area to decide his spot after Neal Maupay swung in a cross from the proper.
Lewis Dunk shaved the crossbar for Brighton with a Nineteenth-minute header and Jakub Moder additionally got here shut for the guests on the stroke of halftime earlier than United moved up a gear within the second half.
Rashford levelled when he took a Bruno Fernandes move in his stride and beat goalkeeper Robert Sanchez with a scientific side-footed end into the far nook from contained in the penalty space.
Maupay’s shot flashed throughout the face of aim within the 72nd earlier than Greenwood received on the tip of a speculative Paul Pogba volley within the 83rd to discover the web and switch the tide as Dunk was unable to clear his header off the road.
Visiting supervisor Graham Potter conceded Brighton had been nonetheless removed from assured of staying within the prime flight.
“I’m confident in terms of the team, the way we’re playing and the personality in the team but until you get the points you can never relax,” he mentioned.
“We took the lead and were probably the team which carried the most threat in the first half. We just missed that final pass. Man United responded in the second half without creating too many chances. They scored from not too much.”
