Man Utd boss Ralf Rangnick demanded duo change tactics at half-time in Brighton win

Ralf Rangnick ordered his wingers to attack Brighton’s centre-backs in order to take control of the game following a sloppy first-half performance.

Manchester United recorded a 2-0 win over the Seagulls as Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes’ goals took them back into the top four.

Both goals came in the second half with Brighton dominating for parts of the opening 45 minutes which resulted in the home side being booed off by sections of the Old Trafford crowd at the break.

Rangnick instructed wingers Jadon Sancho and Anthony Elanga to run at the centre-backs in the second half to give their own full-backs more space with Lewis Dunk being sent off for the visitors on 54 minutes.

‘We told our two wingers to attack the centre-backs so our full-backs could jump to their full-backs,’ he said.

‘That paid off with Elanga and the red card. We should have killed off the game much earlier. We were not lethal enough.

‘First half was Mr Hyde, second half Dr Jekyll and for a change it (the result) was different. In the end it was important to get the three points against an in form team.

‘Brighton are very possession based, full of confidence and we had to take more risks in the second half, it paid off.

‘We scored the goal and got the red card for Lewis Dunk with a brilliant interception from Anthony Elanga. It should have been 3-0, 4-0 after 75 minutes but there is a bit of lack of assuredness in front of goal.

‘We realised that they had too often possession of the ball and could only intercept in few situations. Should we change to a formation to back three? We decided to stick to 4-2-3-1 with more risk and it paid off.

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