Erik ten Hag singles out four players after Man Utd’s embarrassing defeat to Brighton

Erik ten Hag has praised the performances of Hannibal Mejbri, Diogo Dalot, Marcus Rashford and Rasmus Hojlund in Manchester United’s defeat to Brighton.

The Red Devils had been performed off the park by the Seagulls, to go away them 13th within the Premier League desk after three defeats of their opening 5 video games. Saturday’s match was all however carried out inside 70 minutes, with Brighton going 3-0 up over their hosts.

Goals from Danny Welbeck, Pascal Gross and Joao Pedro secured all three factors for the guests and go away United embarrassed. Mejbri did come on to rating with 17 minutes left, however the Red Devils had been unable to overturn the remaining two-goal deficit.

It was a powerful strike from the academy product, firing in from outdoors the field. And his cameo at Old Trafford happy Ten Hag on a tough day, with the Dutchman additionally highlighting the performances of the opposite trio.

“He did what we brought him [on] for, having an impact and bringing energy. He did it,” Ten Hag mentioned of Mejbri. “I feel there have been extra people, like Diogo Dalot, [who] performed very effectively, and Marcus Rashford had moments.

“Rasmus Hojlund was a threat all the time. We had some good players on the pitch. We were unlucky, unfortunate. We didn’t get what we were looking for and that was the result.”

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Ten Hag surprisingly opted to substitute Hojlund simply after the hour mark, on what was the Dane’s full debut for United. That determination was met by boos from the house crowd, with Anthony Martial approaching, although Ten Hag was not involved by that response.