Brighton 3-2 Manchester United: 5 areas where Jose Mourinho lost the battle to Chris Hughton's side

#2 United were poor in wide areas

Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester United - Premier League

Manchester United started with Martial in place of the injured Sanchez and Young came in for Darmian. Neither of them did themselves any favour. Martial started the game strong, tried to make things happen, but faded out in a while.

He was caught out by Brighton’s pressing and looked uneasy with players hanging around his shoulder. To make matters worse, he and Shaw kept getting in each other's ways. Shaw was United’s best player against Leicester but had little to do other than defend in this game, because Martial gave him no room. The one goal United did score, was sourced from him though.

Young was exposed continuously, Mata had a poor game. Things were so bad that Lukaku had to repeatedly come to the right wing to receive the ball, leaving the centre empty and without a target.

Even when Rashford came on, United did not utilize the wings. United missed Sanchez in the wings, they missed his ability to hold the ball, spray passes, take up clever positions. They missed the Chilean’s ability to unleash Luke Shaw. Poor wing-play cost United the game in the end.