Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 Manchester United: 5 Talking Points 

#2 Not much impact from the substitutes:

Lingard was one of the better players; but, was deprived of service

Alexis Sanchez’s injury meant that United lacked the Chilean’s quality and the ability to change the course of the match within minutes on the field. However, with two goals to chase, Mourinho took off Juan Mata and Andreas Pereira for Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard respectively.

Lingard played as the third midfielder as Fred shifted to the centre an. Rashford played from the right before Fellaini’s arrival on the field but shifted to the left thereafter. The bright spark arrived from Lingard’s decoy runs through the inner channels of both the flanks.

He was making the right runs, often freeing himself and looking to collect passes on the run. However, Pogba and Fred, who were expected to set the tempo of the game failed to deliver the accurate passes and hence Lingard’s runs weren’t utilized as such.

The weight of the passes was disappointing, as they were often quicker than required and hence there was an obvious lack of cohesion in that aspect. Rashford’s directness became predictable as such, and the lad failed to make the desired impact from either flank.

Fellaini looked up to the mark, always knocking down the long balls and placing the second balls for the runners. However, others failed to tee up with him either, and thus the substitutions did not yield out the needed results.