Follow reaction as Brighton beat Man Utd in FA Cup third round
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Man Utd 1-2 Brighton
Manchester United are down to 10!
Teenager Shea Lacey, who has already been booked, is shown a second yellow for throwing the ball down in frustration after a decision went against him.
Lacey looks emotional as he heads straight down the tunnel.
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Benjamin Sesko has scored three goals in his last two appearances, more than across his first 17 outings for Manchester United (2).
Man Utd 1-2 Brighton
Lee Blakeman
Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live at Old Trafford
Manchester United are back in it with five minutes to go and stoppage time.
Brilliant corner, swung in from Bruno Fernandes, Benjamin Sesko heads home to set up a grandstand finish.
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Benjamin Sesko
They're back in it!
Benjamin Sesko pounces from a corner, a header that just about beats Jason Steele.
Suddenly, Old Trafford is transformed.
Will Manchester United force extra time?
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All the headlines will be about another poor Manchester United display. But what about Brighton?
This has been a thoroughly professional job by Fabian Hurzeler's side.
They've never won the FA Cup. Could this be their year?
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Ali: When they sold him back in 2014, Welbeck probably wasn’t good enough to get in the Manchester United team at the time. Damning indictment of their recruitment since that over the last six years Welbeck has been far better than any Manchester United attacker in that period.
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A reminder that Manchester United are 13-time FA Cup winners.
They are minutes away from limping out of the competition they used to dominate.
Man Utd 0-2 Brighton
That's not bad at all.
A backheel by Casemiro into the path of Shea Lacey who hits it first time.
It curls just wide but this lad has bags of confidence.
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Danny Welbeck has been replaced by Kaoru Mitoma.
There is applause for all four sides of Old Trafford as he makes his way off.
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Steve: To go forward, Manchester United and particularly its fans have got to move on from the obsession with their history. History won't win games in the present. It's time to swallow their ego and see what they are now...mid table and mediocre.
Man Utd 0-2 Brighton
Sir Alex Ferguson has a face like thunder as he watches on.
He steered United to five FA Cup triumphs.
He's now watching them go out with a whimper.
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David: The United players are adequate at best. They appear not to care enough and just go through the motions. They need to take responsibility.
Sam: What coach would want to manage this group of Man United players.... truly woeful!
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Into the final 20 minutes.
Whoever is appointed caretaker manager in the coming days is facing no European football, no League Cup and no FA Cup.
United's season is petering out and it's not even mid-January.
Man Utd 0-2 Brighton
Shea Lacey is getting stuck in. The 18-year-old has shown more endeavour in the 10 minutes he has been on the pitch than many of his team-mates.
Man Utd 0-2 Brighton
A great delivery by teenage substitute Shea Lacey finds Benjamin Sesko but his header drops wide.
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Kit: All but one of Manchester United’s starting line up are capped internationally for top 20 nations, saying the players aren’t good enough isn’t correct. They’ve been the better team in most of their matches this season they’re just making poor mistakes or missing chances too often.
Man Utd 0-2 Brighton
Simon Stone
BBC Sport Chief Football News Reporter at Old Trafford
Darren Fletcher went for it, as I thought, introducing 18-year-old Shea Lacey for his Old Trafford debut
Lacey had barely touched the ball before Manchester United found themselves two down.
With injury-time, they have just under half an hour to save themselves.
Man Utd 0-2 Brighton
Lee Blakeman
Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live at Old Trafford
Really well worked goal, Brajan Gruda pulls it back and then Danny Welbeck with his left foot, what a strike.
No chance for Senne Lammens at all.
Manchester United out of the League Cup and now heading out of the FA Cup as well.
Man Utd 0-2 Brighton
Talk about coming back to haunt your old club.
Danny Welbeck has eight goals against Manchester United in all competitions, his joint-most against an opponent in his club career (also eight against West Ham).
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This is awful from Manchester United.
Image source, ReutersManager: Darren Fletcher
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Fabian Hürzeler
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Darren Fletcher
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Fabian Hürzeler
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
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Manchester United have faced Brighton in six previous FA Cup ties and have been victorious in all six, most recently in the 2022-23 semi-final, winning 7-6 on penalties after a 0-0 draw.
Brighton have been eliminated from the FA Cup six times by Man Utd, the most they’ve ever been knocked out by one side. They’ve won three of their last four visits to Old Trafford – all in the Premier League – but did lose 4-2 there earlier this season.
Manchester United have been knocked out in the FA Cup third round in just two of their last 40 ties at this stage, losing 1-0 to Leeds United in 2009-10 and 2-1 to Swansea City in 2013-14.
Brighton have progressed from 14 of their last 16 FA Cup third round ties – the exceptions were against Hull in 2015-16 and Sheffield Wednesday in 2019-20, both 1-0 defeats.
Manchester United’s Matheus Cunha has scored in each of his last four FA Cup appearances, all for Wolves between January 2024 and March 2025. Only four Premier League players have scored in five in a row since 1992-93 – Marc Overmars (1998-1999), Darren Bent (2012-2014), Wayne Rooney (2011-2013) and Romelu Lukaku (2014-2016 & 2017-2018).
