Mbeumo helps United make it three in a row

Forward strikes twice to send bogey side away pointless

- By SIMON PEACH

R Y A N MBEUMO'S brace helped Manchester United secure a third win in a row as they survived a late scare to beat bogey team Brighton 4-2.

The Seagulls had won six of their last seven Premier League meetings with the Red Devils and arrived in the northwest seeking a fourth straight Old Trafford victory.

But United finally overcame their Brighton hoodoo with a 4-2 triumph, with Mbeumo's goals following efforts from Matheus Cunha and Casemiro as they built on last weekend's win at Liverpool.

That Anfield triumph saw Ruben Amorim celebrate back-to-back league wins for the first time and this victory moved them up to fourth.

Cunha opened his United account with a 20-yard strike that Casemiro added to with a deflected effort before Mbeumo made it 3-0 after the break.

But the Red Devils rarely do things the easy way.

Inform Danny Welbeck's free-kick and teenage substitute Charalampos Kostoulas' stoppage-time header had the hosts wobbling but Mbeumo struck at the death to wrap things up.