At 19:30 Beijing time on August 24th, the 2nd round of the English Premier League (EPL) staged a fierce battle, Manchester United challenged Brighton on the road. In this game, Manchester United had their own chances in the first and second halves, but eventually failed to capitalize on them, instead, they were killed by their opponents in the extra time, and regretted to lose with a score of 1-2, and did not have two consecutive victories in the new Premier League season.
Brighton took the lead in the first half, with Welbeck taking advantage of a counter-attack to score and give his team the lead. United then went on the offensive, with Rashford scoring on an attack, but unfortunately, the goal was disallowed due to offside. United finished the first half trailing Brighton 0-1.
In the second half, United continued to intensify their attack in the hope of equalizing the score. In one attack, Amadeh's shot was inadvertently deflected into his own goal by Brighton defender Van Hecke, but the goal was counted as Amadeh's goal by the Premier League officials. However, it didn't last long as Gana Joe's shot was then blocked by Zielkiser, but the goal was disallowed due to Zielkiser's offside. United missed a great chance to equalize.
As the game was coming to an end, Brighton attacked again and João Pedro scored in the last stage of extra time to seal the win. United suffered their first loss of the new season with a 1-2 defeat against Brighton.
