A tale as old as time was the story that unfolded as Brighton beat Manchester United 2-1 in the Premier League’s Saturday 12:30pm kick-off.
It may be a new season but it looks like the same Red Devils from the past seasons have reappeared.
Heading into the game, many could have predicted how the game would unfold with United playing eye-catching football in small patches but overall looking unconvincing away from home, missing a key chance before conceding a goal deep into added time.
Speaking after the game former Manchester United player Rio Ferdinand and Premier League player Joe Cole were highly critical of one Manchester United substitute who they say cost Erik ten Hags men the win.
The two men speaking on TNT Sports after the match blamed Antony stating that the Brazilian forward ‘has to be better. He has to deal with that’.
Antony was blamed for Manchester United conceding their final goal
Speaking on the build-up to the goal which saw Joao Pedro left unmarked by Harry Maguire and Matthijs de Ligt to nod home the winner, Joe Cole blamed Antony for not clearing the first ball.
‘When there’s been five substitutions, man, you’ve got to deal with it. You need to be leaders talking the first one.
‘They don’t deal with the first bit here comes out Antony. He has to be better. He has to deal with that. And in the secondary situations, a lovely ball in.
‘But there’s no one there with a body shape in the right position, and it’s three of them queuing up at the far post. From Manchester United’s perspective, you’d be furious here.
With Rio Ferdinand adding ‘He has to smash him there, he has to go through that and take everything. Antony there.
‘It’s a part of puff tackle which allowed to get this moment. But this is the second phase. Joe’s talking about, we you work on this a lot. You work on the first phase. The first corner, it goes out, recycles. then its about reposition. Get ourselves in order. Man united. Do not do that.’
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