Manchester United slumped to a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Brighton and Hove Albion in just their second game of the new Premier League season.
The Red Devils fell behind 2-0 early on in the first half after which Romelu Lukaku pulled one back to put the match within the grasp of Man United.
But then Brighton scored one from the penalty spot which saw them restore their two-goal advantage. United did score a second during the final few minutes of the match but that goal had little impact on the outcome of the match.
In the second half Man United just went through the paces instead of taking the initiative and this has rightly infuriated the fans.
The United faithful are angry with the players’ body language on the pitch and some of them are even more furious with the action that a number of them had shown after the game.
United were playing away from home and it is more or less mandatory for the players to walk up to the travelling fans and applaud them.
And this becomes even more important when the team have performed so poorly.
But apart from a handful of players like Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard, Ashley Young and Luke Shaw almost all the players chose to walk straight into the dressing room rather than go to the supporters and apologize.
Even the captain for the night, Paul Pogba chose to walk straight off the pitch and the fans are clearly not happy with this gesture from their players.
All the speculation over pogba, he gets the arm band then doesn’t even acknowledge the fans at full time. No wonder people are questioning him
— •Ben Russell• (@Ben_Russell97) August 19, 2018
Finally back in the house after 18 hours to watch a load of shite. Cheers to the 4 players that bothered coming over at the end.
— Sid (@sidneymufc) August 19, 2018
I think the most disappointing part of the game was post match only @youngy18, @JesseLingard, @MarcusRashford and @LukeShaw23 came over to the travelling support. We travelled over 5 hours to get to the game today & 5 hours back & paid a fair whack too. Ungrateful team. #mufc
— Serge Adam (@SergeMUFC) August 19, 2018
Absolute worst performance I’ve seen from a united side in a long time. Fairfucks to Shaw rashford and lingard the only ones who actually came and thanked/apologised to the fans. Fred pogba mourinho didn’t even acknowledge, none the less. Up the fucking reds pic.twitter.com/ROyxDutJf4
— George Piggott (@GeorgiePig2000) August 19, 2018
Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford giving away their shirts to fans after the defeat. Class, they know what it means to represent United. 👊🏼🇾🇪 #mufc pic.twitter.com/pFtAeA4OJn
— United Xtra (@utdxtra) August 20, 2018
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