Manchester United trolled by Brighton on Twitter after Sunday's defeat to Seagulls

Brighton players celebrate a Pascal Gross goal against Manchester United at Old Trafford.
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Brighton and Hove Albion's official Twitter account has poked fun at Manchester United following the Seagulls' first-ever win at Old Trafford.

Pascal Gross struck twice in the first half in an impressive 2-1 victory for Graham Potter's side as United manager Erik ten Hag endured a difficult debut on the Premier League's opening weekend.

United's players were booed off by their own fans at half-time and could not turn the game around in the second half, although they did pull one back courtesy of Alexis MacAllister's own goal just over 20 minutes from time.

Echoing a terrace chant sung by their fans during Sunday's game and highlighting the dominance of United's local rivals Manchester City, Albion tweeted: "Just like Brighton, your city is blue."

Brighton's win was all the more impressive considering the fact that they were forced to sell arguably their two best players this summer, with Yves Bissouma having left for Tottenham and Marc Cucurella recently departed to join Chelsea.

And it was another memorable afternoon for Brighton against United, following the Seagulls' spectacular 4-0 win over Ralf Rangnick's side at the Amex in April.

Ben Hayward
Weekend editor

Ben Hayward is a European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.