The centre-back played key roles in the build-up to all of the host’s goals in the first 45 minutes.

Three massive mistakes by Eric Bailly in Manchester United's second Premiership games resulted in goals for Brighton in Sunday's encounter. The Ivorian, who for the second game running, played in the heart of defense alongside Victor Lindelof was out of sorts despite impressing against Leicester City last week.

In the build-up to Brighton's opening goal, his bad positioning ensured that Glenn Murray was onside to slot home from close range. For the second goal, Bailly decision to kick the ball out for a corner instead of opting for a throw-in backfired as Shane Duffy got Chris Hutton's side's second of the day.

A mistimed tackle on Pascal Groß by the former Villarreal man was subsequently buried for Brighton's third after Romelu Lukaku had initially reduced the goal deficit to one. Many fans of the Red Devils, since, took to social media to heavily condemn the 24-year-old center-back for his recurrent slip-ups which placed Jose Mourinho's team on the wrong side of the scoreline.

The turn of events meant that for only the 10th time in the history of the English Premier League, Manchester United conceded three goals in the first half. The last time the 13-time English champions got in a similar situation was in a 3-0 defeat to Arsenal back in 2015.