Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho took aim at his players for not having the required desire in a 1-0 defeat to Brighton on Friday that secured the seagulls place in the premier league next season.
Just over two weeks ahead of the FA Cup final against this old club Chelsa , United boss Mourinho made six changes and was punised as Pascal gross's second half header secured brighton's first won over the red devil's since 1982.
Chants of "we are staying up " rang around a packed house at the Amex Stadium at full time as victory moved Brighton up to 11th and more importantly eight points clear of the bottom three.
With third bottom Southampton and 17th placed Swansea to meet on Tuesday , brighton now can't now be relegated.
"I felt that we have deserved to stay in this league for our season's work," said Brighton boss Chris Hughton.
"But if we had lost today and the next two, it would have been a real feeling of injustice had we gone down. So relief that we have done it now, but I am also really proud of a group of players."
By contrast , defeat means United must wait to secure second as they remain five points clear of Liverpool with sours a point further adrift.
United were without either of the injured Romelu Lukaku or Alexis Sanchez , and their fire power was missed as Anthony martial and Marcus Rashford failed to make the most of rare chances to start up front.
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