Manchester United gave away a penalty kick just before the end of the game and lost in over a month in the English professional football Premier League.
Manchester United lost 1-0 to Brighton & Hove Albion in the 2022-2023 EPL round 28 match held at Palmer Stadium in Brighton, England on the 5th (Korean time).
The joys of both teams, unable to open the opposing goal until the 45th minute of the second half, were split just before the game ended.
With 20 seconds remaining until the end of the 5th minute of extra time in the second half, it was confirmed at the end of the video review (VAR) that Manchester United defender Luke Shaw had committed a handball foul in a corner kick situation, and Brighton received a penalty kick opportunity.
Kicker Alexis Markalister calmly finished with his right foot to close the game.
Brighton’s Japanese player Kaoru Mitoma, who played full-time, scored 5 shots and 2 shots on target that day, earning a rating of 7.41 from whoscored.com, a soccer statistics website.
Manchester United, who lost 2-0 in an away match against Newcastle United on the 3rd of last month, has since continued their unbeaten streak with 4 wins and 1 draw in 5 league games.
Manchester United, who suffered their 8th loss of the season, kept 4th place with a ticket to the European Football Federation UEFA Champions League.
They are 4 points behind 5th place Liverpool.
Brighton, who defeated Wolverhampton 6-0 in the previous game, went on an upward trend by catching Man Utd.
Brighton are also aiming for fourth place.
With 55 points from 16 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses, Brighton are 6th, 8 points clear of 4th placed Manchester United.
The 55 points is the highest ever in the EPL by Brighton, who were promoted from the second division of the 2017-2018 season.
The previous record was 51 points accumulated last season, when they finished 9th.
Meanwhile, Tottenham, played by Son Heung-min, fell to 7th place with 1 draw and 3 losses in the last 4 league games, and a red flag was turned on to advance to the UCL next season.크크크벳
Tottenham are currently in the most disadvantageous position among the teams aiming for 4th place, playing 1 game more than 4th place Manchester United and 2 more games than 6th place Brighton.