In the first half, “Brighton” scored a goal in the 32nd minute. Danny Welbeck scored, and the Manchester team equalized the result already in the second half – 60 minutes. Amad Diallo scored.
After 13 minutes, Manchester United should have taken the lead through Alejandro Garnacho’s strike. he already had a shot at an empty net, but Joshua Zirkzee put his foot in it.
After a VAR review, it was found that the latter player was offside – if he had not touched the ball, it would have gone into the goal and there would have been no infringement.
When it seemed that the match would end 1-1, Joao Pedro snatched the victory for the home team with a header in the 5th minute added by the referee.
This is Brighton’s second win, having beaten Everton 3-0 in the first round. Manchester United also started the championship with a victory, which beat Fulham 1:0.
Another victory was won by the champion Manchester City club, which beat Ipswich Town 4:1 (3:1). In this match, even 4 goals were scored in 9 minutes.
At the beginning of the 7th, Ipswich’s striker Sammie Szmodics scored, but after 12 min. 11 m penalty was realized by Erling Haaland, 14 min. Kevin De Bruyne scored, and E. Haaland scored again in the 16th minute.
The Norwegian scored his third goal in the 88th minute.
Saturday’s matches in the English Championship:
„Brighton“ – „Manchester United“ 1:2
„Manchester City“ – „Ipswich Town“ 4:1
„Tottenham Hotspur“ – „Everton“ 4:0
„Fulham“ – „Leicester City“ 2:1
„Crystal Palace“ – „West Ham United“ 0:2
„Southampton“ – „Nottingham Forest“ 0:1
Birmingham „Aston Villa“ – London „Arsenal“ 0:2
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