Manchester United vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Manchester United face Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Manchester United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
United are going for broke. Elanga replaces Sancho first.
Manchester United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Substitution Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes Alejandro Garnacho Ferreyra
Manchester United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Mwepu clears upfield for Welbeck to chase. The Brighton forward can't do anything with the pass though, and the ball's soon back with United. It's going to be a long last few minutes for Brighton here.
Manchester United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Eriksen's corner lands for Martinez. Dunk makes a heroic sliding block at the near post to prevent the Argentine's left-footed shot from testing Sanchez. Sanchez gathers the ball.
Manchester United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Eriksen's deflected shot is kept alive by United. Sancho fizzes the ball across the face of goal, but Sanchez gets a strong hand to it. United come again and Ronaldo wins his team a corner.
Manchester United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Welbeck holds up the ball and waits for Lamptey racing forward down the right. The substitute skips into the box but can't beat Shaw.
Manchester United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Sancho beats one Brighton defender in the box but can't get past a second. The United winger's been quiet for the most part.
Manchester United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
After enduring a long spell of United pressure, Brighton have managed to settle things down slightly. Mac Allister's powerful strike from distance bounces wide of goal.
Manchester United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Gross latches onto a crossfield pass to nod the ball down for the arriving Welbeck. Maguire gets to it first.
Manchester United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Sancho tries to free Ronaldo to the right of the box. The pass has a touch too much power on it.
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