Brighton achieved a fatal victory over its guest Manchester United, 1-0, Thursday, in a postponed match from the twenty-eighth stage of the English Football League, and continued its dream of one of the qualifying centers for the continental competitions next season.

And Brighton snatched the victory in the ninth minute of stoppage time from a penalty kick that he got in the last fifth minute of stoppage time after a handball on defender Luke Shaw inside the area, which was confirmed by resorting to the video assistant referee, and the Argentine international midfielder Alexis McAlister succeeded in it. .

Brighton took revenge on Manchester United, who knocked it out 11 days before the semi-finals of the FA Cup, with penalty kicks, and prevented the Red Devils from regaining fourth place from Newcastle.

United's balance froze at 63 points and fell to fourth place with a postponed match, two points behind Newcastle, who in turn has a postponed match, while Brighton rose to sixth place, which entitles its owner to compete in the Conference League competition, after raising its score to 55 points.

Brighton, who has two deferred matches, lags by four points behind Liverpool, the fifth-placed team that qualifies for the “Europa League” competition, and by eight points behind Manchester United, the fourth-placed finalist that qualifies for the Champions League competition.

And the Brazilian Anthony almost did it in the second minute, with a shot from the edge of the area next to the left post, after a pass from the Portuguese international captain Bruno Fernandes (2).

Brighton responded quickly when the Japanese Kaoru Mitoma took advantage of a wrong ball from Swedish international defender Victor Lindelof to his colleague Aaron Wan-Bissaka, so he penetrated into the area and hit it in the face of Spanish goalkeeper David De Gea (4).

Mituma almost hit the Red Devils net after a solo effort inside the area, ending it with a creeping shot from close range next to the left post (13), and a header by defender Adam Webster after a corner kick that McAllister (17).

Brazilian Casemiro rose to Luke Shaw's cross and followed it up with his head from close range a few centimeters above the crossbar (27).
Goalkeeper Jason Steely intervened brilliantly and pushed away a powerful ball to Marcus Rashford after being alone inside the area (28), then he pushed Anthony's shot from inside the area into a corner that did not bear fruit (29).

Steely continued his brilliance and brilliantly blocked the shot of Frenchman Anthony Martial (39).

Paraguayan Julio Enesco almost gave Brighton the lead with a shot in the far right corner of De Gea, but it passed near the post (45).

Steely continued his brilliance in the second half by blocking two shots by Fernandez (68) and Casemiro (74), which was answered by Sully March, who missed the only penalty kick in the two teams' match in the cup competition, with a wonderful individual effort that he finished with a 16-meter shot that hit the crossbar (86).

De Gea saved his own goal by blocking McAllister's shot (90), and another by Ecuadorian Moises Caicedo (90 + 5), before Brighton got a penalty kick with a handball on Shaw, and McAllister successfully scored the winning goal.