Man Utd beaten at Brighton for second consecutive season.
A day to remember for Brighton, one to forget for Manchester United.
Glenn Murray's crisp finish sparked a 19-minute goal blitz as Brighton stunned a defensively shoddy Manchester United.
Target-man Murray swept home his first goal of the season to toast his 200th Brighton appearance, before Shane Duffy and Pascal Gross left United reeling.
Romelu Lukaku found the net amid Brighton's first-half raids, but when Eric Bailly upended Gross to gift the hosts a penalty the Red Devils were effectively beaten by half-time.
Captain Paul Pogba struck a stoppage-time penalty for United but Brighton had done enough to earn a deserved victory.
United boss Jose Mourinho will doubtless be furious with his side's early defensive disarray - then later their inability to launch a fightback.
Brighton boss Chris Hughton speaks:
Brighton boss Chris Hughton speaking to Sky Sports on the display of scorer Glenn Murray had these to say:
"You need somebody to lead the line and put some pressure on United. You need that outlet.
On if there was surprise that the forwards ruffled the United centre-halves: "I'm never surprised. But it's the hard work of doing it and the belief of doing it.
"The result shifts the mood from last week (2-0 defeat by Watford) but it doesn't change anything. This division has become as competitive as ever. We have to make sure our level of performance has to be somewhere near to this in order to get points."
"I thought we were very good today. A victory we deserved. There's not a player that didn’t play well. To get that result with the quality they have you have to put in a good performance.
"We wanted a reaction from last week. Today was about getting the ball and not allowing them to get the ball to dictate the tempo. Over 90 minutes there weren't clear chances they had.
On striker Glenn Murray: "He was excellent and you need that. You know you will be under pressure and need that out-ball. Whether it's a centre forward that keeps the ball up or causes the defenders problems. Both Murray and Pascal Gross were very good.
"The squad is stronger and that's the reason we brought in the players we did. What this team have is a group of lads outside pushing for opportunities.
On the importance of winning before playing at Liverpool: "Yes, it's important we won and there are not many more difficult places than Liverpool to go. If we put in a similar performance then I'll be happy."
Matt: Brighton flying the flag for the little guy. Potential Top Four teams, you’ve been warned; smaller clubs may not have £100m players, but they’ve got passion and team spirit, which may prove to be the banana skin to your Champions League hopes.
Paul Pogba
Manchester United captain Paul Pogba, speaking to Sky Sports: "They had more hunger than us. I put myself first, that my attitude wasn't right enough. We made mistakes we shouldn't make. We tried to push and push, we kept trying, but it was a bit too late.
"We were playing at home last week and that's different. Different teams, different tactics. I know you cannot always play very very good. The attitude always has to be very good and we missed that."
Manchester United captain Paul Pogba, speaking to BBC Sport: "I'm disappointed, with my performance and the team performance. We didn’t deserve to win.
"I will always try. I know I lost a lot of balls which shouldn’t happen. I tried, I kept pushing, that’s my personality. I tried to help the team as much as possible. It didn’t happen today.
"Brighton prepared the game very well. Maybe we didn’t have the attitude to break them, to kill them when we had to kill them and to go through the lines. That’s a lesson we have to keep in mind.
"If we deserve to win I will say that but today the truth is we didn’t play well enough. They had more hunger than us and the result is the right one for them."
Fans Reaction:
Geronimo:- How does Jose manage to get the worst out of players week in week out? Quite an achievement?
Kenny: - 3-2 was flattering for Man United, could've easily lost 5-0. Work required in defense, transition/playing up & service to the forwards. No leaders on the pitch today, not having everyone at pre-season became very telling, credit to Brighton who outplayed them for full 90.
Eric:- United have been POOR. Poor as poor can be. Mourinho it’s time you GO.
Andy: - I can't understand as a long standing United fan why there isn't a bigger clamour for Mourinho to be sacked. The football is shocking, dreadful tactics, not the United way. There are plenty of world class players there but it's obvious they are uncomfortable playing the Mourinho way. He HAS to go and now.
D Warby: Santa and Mourinho - they'll both be gone by New Year.
Jose Mourinho on Sky Sports
'Mistakes gave happiness to Brighton'
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho on Sky Sports: "Too many mistakes. We were punished by the mistakes. Sometimes you make mistakes and are not punished but we were punished by every mistake we made. The third goal was too hard.
"An accumulation of mistakes and punishments with goals was giving happiness and confidence to Brighton."
What about individual performances? "Look, when I speak about individual displays and am critical with my players you [the media and pundits] don't accept it. The press and pundits criticise when I go in that direction. I'll analyse my players' performances when they are very good. When I can't do that don't push me to the other side."
On the errors: "I was not expecting big mistakes. We are not speaking about small mistakes. We were punished by this. When you lose your confidence then it's the normal tendency to lose that confidence and game plan."
Matthew Upson
Former Arsenal defender on BBC Radio 5 Live
I can't talk highly enough of Brighton. We can see the negatives in Man United but game management across the board was great from Brighton. In every position they made great choices. They did what they needed to do to win this game . Congratulations to them.
You have to single Glenn Murray out as man of the match. Anthony Knockaert and Solly March have had good games, but in terms of game management you won't see a better performance.
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