Joao Pedro, who scored the winner as Brighton beat Manchester United 2-1 in front of a sold-out crowd at The AMEX, credited all sides with their ambition to show that underdogs can take down the powerhouses.

The Seagulls lost to United 0-2 at the end of last season as the home team, so they had a debt to settle, which they did in a way that was very satisfying to the whole stadium, with the winning goal coming in the 90+5 minute. 

“First of all, I’m happy with the win,” he told Football on Ufabet Sports. 

“I think the winning goal in the final minutes showed how much we wanted to win the game. It was our first home game against a big opponent. There’s no better feeling than today.” 

“The team has done well and now we need to rest because we have another match next week.” 

“The response from the fans, they know the power of our team, they expect a great game against the big teams, and this Saturday we won, so I think everyone is happy and we need to be happy with the result.” 

“The motivation for playing United is, as the gaffer told us, to believe in ourselves. We know they are Man United, they are a big team, but I think our players want to show their skills as well.”

“I see it as motivation to fight against the league powers when we have to think about the next match because we are playing against a big team (Arsenal).”

“The influence of head coach Herzeler, I think he’s a really good guy, he always tries to push us, tells us to believe in ourselves and go for it. It was another Promotion Ufabet important and impressive game, a big three points, that’s what he wanted: keep fighting, keep pushing until the end.”  

In addition to Joao ‘s winning goal , former Manchester United player Danny Welbeck also scored against his old team , his 100th goal in all competitions at club level.