A (partial) new owner, new signings, a new mood, but for Manchester United it was a very familiar story. João Pedro got the winner in the fifth minute of injury time and, while United will lament a farcical second-half offside that denied them the lead, Brighton had looked the likelier to score for all but about 10 minutes of the second half.
For United this was another performance that was probably better than equivalent games last season, but still far from good enough. The gains of the Dave Brailsford era have, so far, been a little too marginal.
