Erik ten Hag's era suffers a disastrous start as Brighton stun Man United play

 Erik ten Hag's era suffers a disastrous start as Brighton stun Man United play

Janusz Michallik feels Manchester United have lost their worry factor after they slumped to a 2-1 home defeat to Brighton. (zero:fifty three)

Erik ten Hag's advent to the Premier League got off to a nightmare beginning on Sunday as Manchester United misplaced 2-1 to Brighton & Hove Albion at Old Trafford.

A brace from Pascal Gross in the first half gave Brighton a cozy lead until 68 mins whilst Alexis Mac Allister scored a very own goal. However, United was not able to convert any probabilities, giving Brighton their first-ever win at Old Trafford.

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"We went into the sports fine, we had a great preseason and it changed into the worst feasible begin to be 2-zero down at half of-time at Old Trafford. Not appropriate enough. We were given an intention again but we huffed and puffed a bit, and it's a terrible beginning for us," Harry Maguire said.

"We began quite the game well and on the front foot and as a crew we had to manipulate of the sport. Then we conceded the first purpose and that knocked us badly. We stopped playing from then.

"We need to observe not letting that first goal set us to lower back as a whole lot because it did. But we should be better at the ball, we gave them encouragement to come forward and assault us. It changed into a nightmare and begin to be 2-zero down at half-time."

It took Brighton 30 minutes to break United in a spell in which they had been putting on most of the pressure. Danny Welbeck got away from Maguire and hit the ball into the six-backyard field in which Gross tapped it into the internet.

Manchester United lost their beginning Premier League game to Brighton. Michael Regan/Getty Images

His second came nine mins later in a properly-built group aim from Brighton. They worked the ball down the field from their nook flag in which Solly March picked up the ball on the brink of the place.

He took a shot, which become palmed away by David de Gea, but only as some distance as Gross, who stuck the ball into the roof of the internet.

The 2d half saw elevated strain from United. Marcus Rashford, installed with the aid of Cristiano Ronaldo, who had come off the bench, had two proper opportunities to place United beforehand, however, he did not convert.

Instead, it became a terrible selection from Robert Sanchez -- who had made a few great saves -- which noticed Mac Allister manual the ball into his own net in a goalmouth scramble.

The goalkeeper didn't clear the ball from the corner, and because it bobbled closer to his net a second time, he hit the ball off Mac Allister and into his net.

VAR checked if there was a handball from Diogo Dalot within the buildup to the aim, but no foul become observed and the score changed to given.

"It become a great performance and a deserved win. A super manner to begin," Brighton train Graham Potter said.

"I concept we had an idea of how to attack and while we should we attempted to press and placed them below strain. We have been fine, brave and the lads gave the whole lot. Our performance in the first-1/2 was virtually robust."