Ten Hag blames Man Utd trio for Brighton defeat as Red Devils boss launches ‘trophies’ defence

Erik ten Hag pointed the finger of blame at three of his Manchester United players after their 2-1 defeat to Brighton on Saturday.

New Brighton head coach Fabian Hurzeler made it two wins from two in the Premier League, , who beat Fulham 1-0 on the opening weekend.

left the Amex empty handed having had two goals disallowed for offside.

Marcus Rashford thought he had equalised minutes after Danny Welbeck s opener but was marginally offside, while Joshua Zirkzee bizarrely cost his new side a goal by kneeing in Alejandro Garnacho s goal bound strike from an offside position.

United s attacking play was promising but their defending for both goals left plenty to be desired, and Ten Hag was critical of his side s inability to stop Simon Adingra s cross in st…