{"id":364972,"date":"2026-01-11T20:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T20:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/364972\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T20:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T20:04:11","slug":"man-united-dumped-out-of-fa-cup-by-brighton-as-it-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/364972\/","title":{"rendered":"Man United dumped out of FA Cup by Brighton – as it happened"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nathan Johns<\/p>\n

Jan 11, 2026, 03:38 PM\"Copy<\/a>Email<\/a>Print<\/a>Open Extended Reactions<\/p>\n

Brighton & Hove Albion<\/a> have dumped Darren Fletcher’s Manchester United<\/a> out of the FA Cup after a 2-1 victory at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

United dominated possession throughout the match but Brighton created the better chances, Bajan Gruda opening the scoring in the first half.<\/p>\n

After the break, Danny Welbeck<\/a> looked to have put the game to bed with a sensational finish into the top corner.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Sesko<\/a> did hit back for United with a headed effort, but that proved to be a mere consolation as United exit the cup at the third round.<\/p>\n

Catch up on all the action as it happened with ESPN.<\/p>\n

– Transfer rumors, news: Bruno Fernandes linked with Man United exit<\/a>
– Man United hope for interim boss clarity early next week – sources<\/a>
– Darren Fletcher ‘prepared’ to lead Man United for rest of season<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nathan Johns Jan 11, 2026, 03:38 PMEmailPrintOpen Extended Reactions Brighton & Hove Albion have dumped Darren Fletcher’s Manchester…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-364972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}