Joao Pedro late goal earns Brighton dramatic win over Manchester United

Joao Pedro headed a dramatic late winner as Fabian Hurzeler celebrated his first Premier League home game as Brighton boss with a thrilling 2-1 success over Manchester United.

Brazilian striker Pedro nodded home Simon Adingra’s cross five minutes in added time to compound United’s misery at a delirious Amex Stadium.

The visitors look come from behind to win on the south coast after Amad Diallo cancelled out a first-half opener from former United forward Danny Welbeck.

But Joshua Zirkzee went from hero to zero by preventing team-mate Alejandro Garnacho from turning the game around.

The summer signing from Bologna, who last weekend scored on debut to earn a 1-0 success against Fulham, touched home his team-mate’s goal-bound finish on the line while in an offside position.

VAR duly intervened to disallow the 70th-minute effort and frustrate Erik ten Hag before Pedro rubbed salt into United’s wounds as 31-year-old German Hurzeler maintained his 100 per cent start since replacing Roberto De Zerbi.

United ended their worst Premier League season with a 2-0 victory at this ground in May, which halted a run of four successive league defeats against the Seagulls.

Jadon Sancho was again conspicuous by his absence as manager Ten Hag stuck with an unchanged team, while Brighton boss Hurzeler named £40million record signing Georginio Rutter on his bench.

United winger Diallo wasted a golden chance by volleying wide when unmarked during an uneventful opening half an hour before Welbeck’s 32nd-minute ยูฟ่าเบท breakthrough ignited the contest. Pedro’s right-wing cross caused hesitancy in the away defence and Kaoru Mitoma swiftly sent the ball back across goal for the stretching Welbeck to turn home his sixth goal in 16 appearances against his boyhood club.