Brighton avenged their recent FA Cup defeat to Manchester United by claiming a late 1-0 win thanks to Alexis Mac Allister’s dramatic stoppage-time penalty.

Classy Brighton dominated possession but lacked a cutting edge until Luke Shaw’s handball deep in stoppage time gave them a chance to secure all three points.

The 1-0 victory completes a league double for the Seagulls against United, who defeated Erik ten Hag’s squad in the opening match of the season but lost on penalties in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley last month.

United maintains the fourth and final Champions League qualification spot in the Premier League, four points ahead of fifth-placed Liverpool with a game in hand, while Brighton advances to sixth place.

“There is a God of football,” Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi told Sky Sports.

“We deserved to win the semi-final but lost on penalties but today we won with a penalty. In both games I think we played better than United.”

Ten Hag bemoaned his team’s inability to finish, but asserted that United’s fate was still in their hands.

“We have to finish the chances, be more clinical and don’t make the mistakes we did like in the last seconds,” said the disappointed Dutchman.

“We have everything in our hands and we have to bounce back. We take the lessons from tonight and we have to move on.”

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