Cristiano Ronaldo ended his six-game scoreless streak to assist Manchester United on their strategy to a much-needed 2-0 win in opposition to 10-man Brighton.
Having blown half-time leads to attract 1-1 of their final three matches, interim boss Ralf Rangnick known as for his Jekyll and Hyde facet to indicate their higher facet in Tuesday night’s rearranged Premier League encounter.
These calls fell on deaf ears within the first half as incoherent United have been dominated by Brighton, just for a Ronaldo strike and Lewis Dunk purple card early within the second half to vary the course of the night.
Bruno Fernandes’ stoppage-time strike wrapped up a 2-0 win that sees them transfer as much as fourth, however Rangnick will know their Champions League rivals have video games in hand on a facet that stay incapable of impressing over 90 minutes.
Graham Potter’s Seagulls impressed for big durations of a primary half by which David De Gea beautifully denied Jakub Moder, with boos greeting the hosts’ show on the half-time whistle.
However issues modified inside minutes of the restart as Ronaldo scored his first objective of 2022, earlier than Anthony Elanga’s tempo caught out Dunk and referee Peter Bankes confirmed the Albion captain purple after reviewing the footage.
United had a lot of nice probabilities to wrap up victory, with Moder rattling the bar and Danny Welbeck heading over earlier than Fernandes settled nerves in stoppage time.
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