Man Utd 1-2 Brighton (Sesko 85′, Lacey red card 89′ | Gruda 12′, Welbeck 64′)
OLD TRAFFORD — How are Manchester United getting worse? More farcical? Even further from their former grandeur? More pertinently, even more of a laughing stock.
It just seems like they are on a bloody-minded quest to keep generating alarming stats to make those that came before appear tame.
Ahead of a season that promised some semblance of positive uplift, a fourth home defeat in five to Brighton means United have fallen at the first hurdle in both domestic cup competitions this term.
That ensures, even in the unrelenting modern era, this will be a season with the lowest number of games (40) for a full completed campaign in 111 years.
Welcome back to Old Trafford Danny Welbeck The former Man Utd man scores a rocket to double Brighton's lead @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/Mv9CEiDYPm
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) January 11, 2026But fear not, downbeat reds – the cavalry is coming. The fact Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Michael Carrick, Ruud van Nistelrooy or Darren Fletcher are the answer tells you those asking the questions in the boardroom don’t know what they are doing either.
Old Trafford was abuzz ahead of kick off as supporters finally got what Ruben Amorim so stoically refused to give them – Kobbie Mainoo and Bruno Fernandes playing together in the same side for the first time this season.
There weren’t any excuses. The much-maligned back three had been shipped off to Lisbon with its flagbearer. Fernandes was back home in his customary No 10 role, in an attacking unit whose sole purpose was not to adhere to Amorim’s immovable footballing principles.
Brighton even rested their best players, for good measure. Giving Fletcher the perfect platform to go barging into Jason Wilcox’s office the following morning, beating his chest, demanding the interim role until the end of the season.
However, this is a team almost beyond fixing. Once Brighton were in front, the mental fragility set in. There was only one outcome from there on in.
Another season written off. Another where this once great club has to start all over again. A host of big names have been linked with taking the role permanently at the end of the campaign, but there is one elephant in the room we are all forgetting – would those with the most impressive resumes want it?
When is it going to end? How does it even end? There’s a decent team in there – hundreds of millions of pounds of talent still to hit top gear. But that has been the story for most of the last 13 years of decay.
Gary Neville keeps telling us the next manager has to understand the club’s DNA. Other former greats insist the next boss has to “get” the club.
The only way this rotten club can find its way again, is if the opposite happens. Until then, the rest of this term could turn into the Wild West. A return to European football is still a possibility, mainly down to the mediocrity of others.
But in terms of progress and direction? Don’t expect to see much of either in the coming months.
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Gary Neville keeps telling us the next manager has to understand the club’s DNA. Other former greats insist the next boss has to “get” the club.
The only way this rotten club can find its way again, is if the opposite happens. Until then, the rest of this term could turn into the Wild West. A return to European football is still a possibility – mainly down to the mediocrity of others.
But in terms of progress and direction? Don’t expect to see much of either in the coming months.
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