London –
Manchester United suffered an unexpected 3-2 loss during their visit to Brighton, this Sunday in the 2nd round of the Premier League, with what is already 3 points behind Manchester City, leader with 6 units, that shortly before 6-1 beaten at Huddersfield with a triplet by Sergio Agüero.
Because of their bigger goal difference, City is the first in the table, although they also appear with six points other heavyweights such as Chelsea (2nd) and Tottenham (4th), who had won their games on Saturday, as did Watford (3rd) and Bournemouth ( 5th).
Of them is the United from José Mourinho to 3 points, unable to score in the Falmer Stadium of Brighton
The Portuguese coach could not count on his captain of confidence, the Ecuadorian Antonio Valencia, still without the release of the physical trainers and the technical staff.
Three minutes from the first part, close to the half-hour play, they were deadly for s & # 39; Red Devils & # 39 ;.
In the 24m, Glenn Murray hit just enough to push the net to pass Solomon March, and in the 26m, the Irishman Shane Duffy scored with a low shot, in a rush in the area, between a cloud of players.
It became complicated for the runners-up of the Premiership, although the Belgian Romelu Lukaku reactivated the Old Trafford-team in the 34m, with a header, coming back into the small area.
But not only came the comeback of United not, but in 42m, when everyone thought about the interruption, Brighton escaped again by a penalty in 43m by the German Pascal Gross to convert.
In the second half United did not respond and could only shorten the difference in the final discount, with a penalty that the world champion Paul Pogba (90 + 4m) marked for 3-2, but no time for more. 19659002] The Brighton succeeded in adding their first runs of this season, after defeat on the first day against Watford, while United suffers a setback that forces him to swim against the tide very quickly.
The day closes on Monday with the visit of Liverpool to the Crystal Palace
Results of the 2nd round of the Premier League:
Saturday:
Cardiff City 0-0 Newcastle
Tottenham 3-1 Fulham
Everton 2-1 Southampton
West Ham 1-2 Bournemouth
Leicester 2-0 Wolverhampton
Chelsea 3-2 Arsenal
Sunday:
Burnley 1-3 Watford
Manchester City 6-1 Huddersfield Town
] Brighton and Hove Alb 3-2 Manchester United
Monday:
14:00: Crystal Palace vs.. Liverpool
Classification: Pts J G E P GF GC Dif
1. Manchester City 6 2 2 0 0 8 1 7
2. Chelsea 6 2 2 0 0 6 2 4
3. Watford 6 2 2 0 0 5 1 4
4. Tottenham 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 3
5. Bournemouth 6 2 2 0 0 4 1 3
6. Everton 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1
7. Liverpool 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 4
8. Crystal Palace 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2
9. Leicester 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 1
10. Manchester United 3 2 1 0 1 4 4 0
11. Brighton and Hove Alb 3 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1
12. Newcastle 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1
. Southampton 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1
14. Wolverhampton 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2
15. Burnley 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2
16. Cardiff City 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2
17. Arsenal 0 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3
18. Fulham 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4
19. West Ham 0 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5
20. Huddersfield Town 0 2 0 0 2 1 9 -8. (D)
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