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Manchester United u21s had to settle for a disappointing 1-1 draw at home against Brighton and Hove Albion. Here are our player ratings for the match.
Read the detailed match report of all the action here.
(A score of 6 is around average)
Dermot Mee – 7 – Two magnificent saves in the dying minutes saved United from defeat.
Habeeb Ogunneye – 5.5 – Was decent defensively, blocking one cross and cutting another out at the back post but he simply didn’t offer any threat in attack before being subbed off at the break.
Rhys Bennett – 6.5 – The best of the centre backs, he was strong in the air and had the best passing from the back but still could have moved it quicker at times.
Sonny Aljofree – 5 – Didn’t execute his passing game at all and looked shaky defensively, was particularly poor as he looked lost for Brighton’s goal.
Sam Murray – 5.5 – Brighton’s few chances tended to come down his side as he was caught between centre-back and right-back and wasn’t fast enough to make up for his positioning.
Harry Amass – 7.5 – The clear stand out for United, it was easy to see why he has been drafted into Erik ten Hag’s senior squad. As usual, he was calm and composed on the ball, providing some dangerous runs and delivering the cross for Brighton’s own goal. The wingback role didn’t entirely suit him though as he was given little in the way of support which he typically feeds off so well with his passing.
Zach Baumann – 6.5 – A solid match from the 17-year-old who covered a lot of ground in the midfield. Made some important interventions defensively and moved the ball well from the deep midfield areas.
Ruben Curley – 5.5 – Made little impact and played at too slow a tempo to dictate the match.
Maxi Oyedele – 5 – One of the worst culprits for slowing the match down, looked to take too many touches and put his foot on the ball when the game was crying out for a quicker tempo.
Charlie McNeill – 5 – Posed very little threat in attack, didn’t offer an outlet and wasn’t able to run the channels like in recent matches.
Ethan Ennis – 5 – Apart from one run his night was easily forgettable, despite being a natural winger he disappointingly didn’t drift across the pitch to cause any danger to the Brighton backline.
Substitutes
Ashton Missin – 6 – Offered a bit more attacking pace on the right wing but didn’t get involved a lot.
Ethan Wheatley – 6 – Was more of a presence up top and had some good link-up play but he was feeding off of scraps.
Amir Ibragimov – 6.5 – A fantastic one-two move with Wheatley was probably the most exciting attack United produced all match. Added some drive off the bench and made some fantastic runs but it was clear he hasn’t played much with some of his teammates as they missed movement and weren’t privy to the quick intricate passing he was trying to get going.
Jacob Devaney – 6 – Didn’t have much time on the pitch. Made a goal-saving block at the death and had a few nice passes in midfield.
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