United manager Erik ten Hag considered the booing aimed at his decision to substitute Rasmus Hojlund in the second half of this afternoon&aposs 3-1 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion as a positive.
Hojlund, who was awarded his first start since joining the club from Atalanta last month, was withdrawn after 64 minutes and replaced by Anthony Martial. United were already 2-0 down at the juncture in desperate need of a spark to resurrect a comeback.
However, supporters made their disapproval of Ten Hag&aposs decision to take the Dane off known, booing as he and Martial traded places. Hojlund had made a solid first impression on his first Old Trafford outing and was denied a goal by VAR.
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Midfielder Christian Eriksen admitted that it is unacceptable for United to have lost three of their opening five Premier League games following their reverse to Brighton. The Reds suffered a second successive 3-1 defeat, courtesy of goals either side of half-time from Danny Welbeck, Pascal Gross and Joao Pedro.
The Seagulls raced into a 3-0 lead ahead of Hannibal Mejbri netting a consolation effort two minutes after Pedro netted the visitors&apos third. United have now lost three of their opening five league games for the first time since the 1989/90 campaign.
With just six points from a possible 15 on the board, Eriksen, who started for the third game in succession, admitted that the Reds need to try and correct their recent woes.
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