Manchester United achieves third consecutive win and moves into the top group. This creates strong emotions for a new signing.
Manchester United is taking off in the Premier League! On Saturday evening, the Red Devils defeated Brighton & Hove Albion at home 4-2, celebrated their third consecutive victory, and temporarily moved up to fourth place in the table. The many months of crisis suddenly seem far away. Instead, a broken curse created strong emotions for a new signing.
For the first time, Matheus Cunha also scored for Manchester. In the summer, the struggling giant paid a hefty 74 million transfer fee for the Brazilian. But in the previous eight matches, the former Hertha player achieved almost nothing. He remained without a scoring point. Against Brighton, the striker broke the curse and scored the 1-0 in the 24th minute. This created strong emotions.
Matheus Cunha scored his first goal at Old Trafford for Manchester United
He told the BBC : “My first goal at Old Trafford. I dreamed of this so much. It’s so hard to say something. I joked with Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko before and told them that I urgently need this feeling after a goal. When I scored, the two told me while celebrating that I can enjoy it from now on.”
Cunha made clear what difficult weeks he has behind him. “This is the club I cheered for as a child. Being here is a huge emotional chaos. To help, to be good, is a dream come true for me.”
Cunha and Mbeumo perform strongly
After Cunha, Casemiro increased to 2-0 (34th). After halftime, Bryan Mbeumo, another criticized new signing, turned up and scored twice (61st/90th+6). For Fabian Hürzeler’s team, Danny Welbeck (74th) and Charlampos Kostoulas (90th+3) each scored to reduce the deficit.