Brighton Thrash Manchester United to End Their Champions League Hopes

• Brighton embarrassed a woeful Manchester United at the Amex Stadium in the English Premier League on Saturday evening
• Goals from Moises Caicedo, Marc Cucurella, Pascal Gross and Leandro Trossard handed Brighton their first home win since Boxing Day
• Manchester United have now conceded more goals this season than they have in any previous Premier League campaign

Brighton thrashed Manchester United 4-0 at the Amex Stadium to ensure the visitors will finish the season with their worst points total in the Premier League era.

A humiliating defeat on the south coast means Ralf Rangnick's side can no longer match the 64 points they achieved in the 2013/14 campaign as the German's penultimate game in interim charge hit a new low.

A fine strike from Moises Caicedo early in the first half was added to after the break by goals from Marc Cucurella, Pascal Gross and Leandro Trossard as Brighton remain on course for their highest top-flight finish.

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How Brighton demolished Man United

Ecuador international Moises Caicedo put the hosts ahead with his first Premier League goal in only his sixth game, with a low 25-yard strike after United's Alex Telles had failed to clear.

The visitors, in interim boss Ralf Rangnick's penultimate game in charge before he is replaced by Erik ten Hag, fell apart in the second half, conceding three goals in quick succession.

Marc Cucurella fired into the roof of the net from Leandro Trossard's pull-back for the second, with Trossard setting up Pascal Gross to calmly steer in a third.

The fourth goal was scored by Trossard when he bundled the ball over the line from close range, with the goal eventually given after a video assistant review checked for a handball.

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Both the Red Devils and the Seagulls are seeking to build on 3-0 wins in their most recent Premier League encounters for battle on Saturday evening.

Ralph Rangnick's side enjoyed a confidence-boosting success over Brentford while Graham Potter's side humbled Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux last weekend.