Manchester United 4–2 Brighton
2025-10-25 · Matchweek 9
· Referee: Anthony Taylor · VAR: Neil Davies
A quiet game for the whistle — 4 bookings, evenly split; both sides handled about as usual.
How Anthony Taylor refereed it
Taylor showed 4 yellow cards against a career average of 3.5, and awarded 17 fouls against an average of 21.0.
Match statistics
| Manchester United | Brighton | |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow cards | 2 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Fouls | 4 | 13 |
| Penalties | 0 | 0 |
The card
The same card posted after the match. A style read, not a verdict.
Key moments
| Min | Event | Team | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24' | Normal Goal | Manchester United | M. Cunha | 1-0 |
| 34' | Normal Goal | Manchester United | Casemiro | 2-0 |
| 41' | Yellow Card | Brighton | Carlos Baleba | 2-0 |
| 61' | Normal Goal | Manchester United | B. Mbeumo | 3-0 |
| 72' | Yellow Card | Manchester United | Patrick Dorgu | 3-0 |
| 74' | Normal Goal | Brighton | D. Welbeck | 3-1 |
| 81' | Yellow Card | Manchester United | Benjamin Šeško | 3-1 |
| 90' | Normal Goal | Brighton | C. Kostoulas | 3-2 |
| 90' | Normal Goal | Manchester United | B. Mbeumo | 4-2 |
| 90+4' | Yellow Card | Brighton | Ferdi Kadıoğlu | 4-2 |