Ralf Rangnick relishes 'vital' win after Manchester United survive 'Jekyll and Hyde' display to beat Brighton

Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick praised the contributions of Cristiano Ronaldo and David De Gea after witnessing his side splutter to a 2-0 win over Brighton. Ronaldo opened the scoring shortly into the second half with a fine solo effort, before Bruno Fernandes sealed the three points in stoppage time. Ad/> But the Seagulls were on top for large periods and should really have equalised late on through Danny Welbeck, but the ex-Red Devil couldn't hit the target.

Premier LeagueDe Gea: Someone has put a curse on Man Utd11/02/2022 AT 10:32 Rangnick was just relieved to get over the line after being pegged back from 1-0 in their previous two Premier League outings. «First half was Mr Hyde, second half Dr Jekyll and for a change it [the result] was different,» the German explained, having also compared his side to the Robert Louis Stevenson characters ahead of kick-off. «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. Mbappe scores stunning late winner as PSG edge Real in first leg Silva sparkles in ruthless Manchester City demolition of Sporting in Lisbon »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 too often had possession of the ball and we 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. »In the first 10 minutes of the second half we had more successful moments and it raised the crowd,