Bruno Fernandes risks wrath of Man Utd supporters with blunt Brighton admission

Bruno Fernandes has risked the wrath of Manchester United fans with his blunt admission about the manner of the Red Devils' performance against Brighton.

United were left humiliated at the AMEX Stadium on Saturday, with the Seagulls claiming a dominant 4-0 win. Ralf Rangnick's side put in a dreadful display, conceding three goals in 11 second-half minutes to fall to defeat.

It was a loss that also has confirmed that United will not be taking part in next season's edition of the Champions League. While the Red Devils' chances of claiming a top four place were slim going into the game, they still had an opportunity to close the gap on Arsenal.

Despite having the threat of no place in the Champions League hanging over their heads, United were lacklustre for much of proceedings. And Fernandes has now claimed that Brighton had more desire to win than their visitors, risking the wrath of his side's supporters in the process.

"Brighton played much better than us. They had more desire than us, they deserve more than us to win this game. They created a lot of chances and could have scored a lot more times. Obviously we had our chances too but it wasn't enough and we know that," Fernandes told MUTV.

"Since the beginning of the game, they were more aggressive than us. We were not strong enough with the second balls in this game. We did some mistakes defensively and offensively, we were not capable of scoring goals."

The battering at Brighton is just the latest low point in what has been a dreadful campaign for United. But Fernandes insisted that they need to stay focused ahead of their final game of the season against Crystal Palace in two weeks' time.

“The whole season has been like this, ups and downs, the downs have been