Brighton vs Man Utd LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction as Seagulls hammer dismal United

3 mins: Brighton win a couple of early corners but can’t find a way to create a shot at goal. The first corner was played short and seemingly confused United’s defence but the cross into middle by Leandro Trossard was turned behind. The second corner gets cleared fairly easily by the visitors.

Manchester United get the game started and send the ball long over to the right wing. The visitors win a throw in but lose the ball when it’s sent into the middle of the pitch.

Brighton are set up with a back three of Marc Cucurella, Lewis Dunk and Joel Veltman. Can Brighton put the pressure of Man Utd?

Here come the teams. Manchester United still have a mathematical chance of making the top four.

If they win their last two games they’ll finish with 64 points. Arsenal and Tottenham then both have to lose their last three matches and United will be in the Champions League next year.

It’s highly unlikely to happen but they’ll need to win today to take a step closer to making it so.

Less than 10 minutes to go until kick off at the Amex Stadium. Can Manchester United pick up all three points away from home?

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored six times in his last four top-flight appearances, as many as he mustered in his previous 13 matches.

Leandro Trossard has three goals in his last four league appearances, doubling his tally from the previous 24 top-flight outings.

Bruno Fernandes has been involved in six goals in four league meetings with Brighton, with four goals and two assists.

Former Manchester United striker, Danny Welbeck, has scored in his last four starts against his old club across all competitions.

After his final match in charge at Old Trafford, Sir Alex Ferguson took the microphone in the centre circle to declare that managing Manchester United had been “the most fantastic experience of my life” and urging supporters to “stand by the next manager.”

Ralf Rangnick didn’t do likewise. Unsurprisingly, given that the Scot lasted 27 seasons and he has had 27 games. The interim at least bowed out on home turf with his biggest win as United manager, 3-0 against Brentford. He spent his evening facing the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand. There won’t even be a Ralf Rangnick Cupboard at Old Trafford. His legacy is threadbare. Rangnick has been a piercing critic of United’s recruitment and an ineffective manager of their team. A hugely influential figure in German football has had no impact in England.

“In the end I’m not happy with the results,” said Rangnick in a succinct appraisal of his reign. Performances, he might have added, haven’t been great either. The league position certainly isn’t. “I am not completely happy with those six months. I would have expected to qualify for Champions League, that was the goal we had.” He was brought in for a short-term task. His rescue mission has proved a failure.”

Manchester United have lost their last four Premier League away games, their worst run since they suffered six successive away defeats between December 1980 and March 1981.

The Red Devils are 12 points worse off than at this stage last season and they have conceded 30 Premier League away goals this term, the most they’ve shipped in a top-flight season since 1989-90.