Manchester United vs Brighton and Hove Albion - 5 key talking points

#2 Lewis Dunk and Shane Duffy the kind of partnership promoted teams dream of

Shane Duffy and Lewis Dunk challenge for the ball against United's massive backline

Unfortunately, this is the one stat that Lewis Dunk will be associated with as the season's first-half draws to a close -

2 - Lewis Dunk is the first player in Premier League history to score an own goal versus both Man Utd and Man City in the same season. Slam.

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 25, 2017

Doing that, though, would be a crime - Dunk and his partner Shane Duffy have been the bedrock upon which Chris Hughton has taken Brighton & Hove Albion to a dizzying ninth in the league, and they are the kind of partnerships most promoted teams, whose CBs often struggle with the drastic jump-up in quality of the Premier League, dream of.

Dunk and Duffy kept Romelu Lukaku quiet all day long while commanding the box with their tremendous aerial prowess and nothing of what they did deserved to be embellished by that own goal.

Dunk also had one of Brighton's brightest attacking moments when he powered through the length of the field on a scintillating counter only to lose his composure inside the United box at the very last minute.