Brighton Seal Premier League Safety With Win Over United

Defeat in the Reds’ first ever visit to the Amex Stadium was inflicted by Pascal Gross’s header in the 57th minute, as the hosts secured a second successive season in the top flight.

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Here are the main points from the manager’s post-match interview with Sky Sports…

“For many months you are always asking me why this player doesn’t play?”

He said: “It’s always disappointing as it’s not me”.

“You have the answer now when you ask ‘why always Lukaku?” We probably deserved a goal because we had a couple of good chances.

“I knew what was going to happen and I told them”.

We can decipher couple of things from all of this.

In his furious rant about squandered chances, Mourinho indirectly explained to the media why he always starts Lukaku ahead of Martial and Rashford.

The Belgian, whose future remains uncertain with his contract nearly up, had the ball in the net after three minutes but he was offside when he turned home Rashford’s free-kick.

“They are fresher than others that played so many matches in the season, to play against a team that is strong at home and intense”. Lewis Dunk, as he has so often this season, positioned himself perfectly, taking a step out towards Martial to create enough doubt in Rashford’s mind over whether the angle for the pass was on.

Without naming any players individually, Mourinho credited their opponents with showing more hunger and ambition throughout the match. What he got from that was a awful, unimaginative performance that showed a lot of negatives about certain players media mostly wanted to see playing. It is even suggested in the report that Marouane Fellaini could move in the opposite direction as part of a potential deal with the Neapolitans one of the club’s interested in the midfielder.

“There’s been a big impact negatively, so they’ve got to get back to the standards they were setting earlier in the season and what they’re capable of”.

The Seagulls started the campaign as one of the favourites for relegation.

Speaking after the game, Mourinho wasn’t the only man with scathing words for the Red Devils, with former Man Utd captain Gary Neville having some pretty damning assessments of the United performance.