[ilovepantyhose]

here are some thoughts after last night's game:

- no clinical finishing, man u created chances but finishing was poor, brighton was so clinical and made their chances count

- ETH underestimated brighton by selecting dalot ahead of AWB, as brighton exploited dalot's poor positioning

- overall good debut by reguilon, defended well and made overlapping runs down the left

- midfielders didn't help out defensively, even though ETH started mctom, brighton carved their way thru at will in midfield. for the goals, all the midfielders were guilty of ball-watching instead of tracking the opponents who made late runs into the box. where is the awareness? where is the communication?

- something is wrong with casemiro. last season was good, this season not. niggling injury? mentality too lepak? domestic issue?

- eriksen had another poor game, slow to press, couldn't influence proceedings, poor set piece delivery

- home debut for hojlund, worked hard by pressing and making runs to trouble the defenders. there was not much supply to him, need to have more wing play and provide crosses. in the 51st min, rashford should have cut the ball across to hojlund instead of going for goal, really wasted

- ETH may wanna reconsider his game plan of pressing the opponent from the first whistle. so much energy spent pressing and chasing the ball in the first half, can see the difference in the 2nd half as performance levels dropped. rashford spent more time walking than pressing, which was half hearted

- not optimistic at all for the next game away at bayern in UCL. will be fortunate to get a point