PREMIER LEAGUE : THURSDAY – 16/01/2025 (PHOTO – AMAD DIALLO CELEBRATES!)

THERE WERE 23 SHOTS, WITH 9 ON TARGET, 594 PASSES, WITH 84% POSSESSION FOR MAN UNITED LAST NIGHT, BUT NOTHING MUCH REACHING THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET UNTIL MANUEL UGARTE’S EXTREMELY UNFORTUNATE OWN GOAL AT 43 MINS., WHICH BOUNCED OFF HIS BACK, MEANING THAT SOUTHAMPTON WERE THEN 1 – 0 UP! SOUTHAMPTON HAD 13 SHOTS, WITH 5 ON TARGET AND MADE 406 PASSES, WITH A 79% PASS ACCURACY, BUT STILL, THERE WAS A LITTLE WAIT BEFORE ANY FURTHER GOALS, AND THEN, IN THE 82ND MINUTE, AMAD DIALLO SPRANG INTO ACTION, SCORING ONE GOAL AFTER ANOTHER IN QUICK SUCCESSION WITH AN EXCITING HAT-TRICK, (AT 22 HE IS THE YOUNGEST MAN UNITED PLAYER TO SCORE A HAT-TRICK AT OLD TRAFFORD IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE), WITH CRACKERS AT 82, 90 AND 90 +4 MINS RESPECTIVELY, LEAVING THE CROWD IN RAPTURES! AMAD DIALLO SAID AFTER THE MATCH THAT “IT IS MAYBE ONE OF THE BEST WEEKS OF MY LIFE!” MANY CONGRATULATIONS!

PREMIER LEAGUE : MANCHESTER UNITED VS SOUTHAMPTON 16/01/2025

BRIGHTON MUST BE FEELING MORE THAN A LITTLE CHIPPER THIS MORNING, AFTER ENDING THEIR 8 GAME PREMIER LEAGUE WINLESS RUN WITH THEIR MATCH AGAINST IPSWICH LAST NIGHT!  JOAO PEDRO WAS GIVEN A YELLOW CARD DURING THE MATCH FOR CLASHING WITH IPSWICH GOALKEEPER CHRISTIAN WALTON, AFTER RUNNING INTO HIM AT 100 MILES AN HOUR, (SOME THOUGHT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RED), WITH IPSWICH HAVING 5 SHOTS, AND 3 ON TARGET, 410 PASSES WITH 83% POSSESSION. IT WAS A VERY PHYSICAL GAME ALSO WITH 13 FOULS, AND BRIGHTON MAKING 468 PASSES, WITH 84% POSSESSION, 14 FOULS, AND 11 SHOTS WITH 5 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A STUNNER FROM KAORU MITOMA AT 59 MINS., AND A CRACKER FROM GEORGINO RUTTER AT 82 MINS., MEANING THAT THIS EXCITING MATCH CULMINATED IN A 2 – 0 WIN TO BRIGHTON!

PREMIER LEAGUE : IPSWICH TOWN VS BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION 16/01/2025

WORDS BY AMANDA WATERS