admin Man Utd beaten 3-1 by Brighton at Old Trafford on Saturday, Red Devils booed off by disgruntled home fans, four first-team stars allegedly involved in altercations back in the dressing room.
Manchester United continued their miserable start to the season with a 3-1 home defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday and it was claimed there was a “crisis” between the star full-time players.
The Red Devils have only picked up six points from their first five Premier League matches and have suffered three defeats.
They were sent off by Brighton in their latest stumble, losing 3-0 at Old Trafford before youngster Hannibal Mejbri scored a late consolation goal, and that defeat was their fourth consecutive victory of the Seagulls against United in the Premier League.
United’s early months of the season have been marked by off-field controversy, and frustration appears to be taking its toll behind the scenes.
A report in The Sun claims that after Saturday’s defeat, four United players were involved in a heated exchange in the dressing room.Club captain Bruno Fernandes should have faced Scott McTominay, who got a rare start ahead of Erik ten Hag but failed to impress.
Center backs Lisandro Martinez and Victor Lindelof were also said to have clashed after a poor defensive performance. Notably, Martinez allowed Pascal Gross, who has scored 25% of Premier League goals against United, to get past him with a dummy which led to Brighton’s second goal of the afternoon.
Ten Hag tried to control the turbulence unfolding before him at the end of the day of testing at Old Trafford, but the decision to replace debutant Rasmus Hojlund with Anthony Martial immediately after full-time was met with admiration by fans. applauded, while United were booed off the field at full-time.
This report was disputed by United.
United have the chance to score a big win when they travel to Bayern Munich for their first Champions League group match of the season on Wednesday – their first meeting with the Bavarian giants in nine years.
The two clubs contested one of the most thrilling Champions League finals of all time in 1999, when late goals from Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gave Sir Alex Ferguson’s United victory famous 2-1 at Camp Nou.
