Manchester United sun sha ɗaya daga cikin mawuyacin shan kaye a zamanin Michael Carrick a ranar Laraba, suna watsar da rinjaye na kwalaye 2 kafin su sha kashi 3-2 a hannun Brighton and Hove Albion a Old Trafford — suna fita daga Carabao Cup a zagaye na uku na yanayin biyu a jere.

Wannan shi ne karo na farko cikin shekara 50 da United suka batar da rinjaye na kwalaye 2 a gida suka kuma sha kashi. A cikin daidai 145 na baya da suka sami irin wannan rinjaye a Old Trafford, sun canza shi zuwa nasara sau 143.

Farawa ta mafarki, sai shiru

United ba su iya nema mafi kyawun farawa. Saurayin Shea Lacey, a cikin cikakken farautar sa na farko, ya ketare masu tsaron Brighton biyu kafin ya sanya kwallon a cikin kwaryar kusa a minti na 8. Bayan dakika 43 na sake farawa, Mason Mount ya ninka fa'ida bayan Jason Steele ya riga ya kare bugun Marcus Rashford.

Daga wannan lokaci, duk da haka, aikin United ya lalace cikin sauri. Ba su yi wata harbi akan gol ba har zuwa minti na 76 — wata kididdigar da ta nuna cikakken asarar kuzari a rabin wasa na biyu.

Dawowar Brighton mai ban mamaki

Brighton, wanda ya yi canje-canje shida don wannan gasar kofin, ya girma cikin kwarin gwiwa kuma ya fara nuna rauni na United. Charalampos Kostoulas ya rage gibin a lokacin ƙari na rabin wasa na farko, ya doke Karl Darlow a kan dogon kwallon, duk da korafe-korafen United cewa an cutar da Benjamin Sesko a cikin ginin harin.

The Seagulls sai suka buga sau biyu a cikin mintuna huɗu na rabin wasa na biyu don kammala dawowar da ta yi mamaki. Pascal Gross ya canza daga kusa a minti na 65 bayan Sesko ya dawo da kwallon da kai, kafin mai maye gurbin Maxim De Cuyper ya kammala motsi da Diego Gomez ya fara don sa ya zama 3-2 a minti na 69.

An shigar da Bruno Fernandes a matsayin mai maye gurbin gaggawa, kuma an bai wa Rashford damar gaban gol a minti na 76 — amma Steele ya kore shi a kwaryar kusa. Brighton sai suka rasa damar biyu don rufe gasar, Leny Yoro ya tsabtace bugun Kostoulas daga kan layin kuma Darlow ya kare bugun Gomez.

Ƙarin tambayoyi ga Carrick

Kashi bai kai matsayin kunyar fita a zagaye na biyu a Grimsby da Ruben Amorim ya sha a yanayi na baya ba, amma yana ɗauke da nauyinsa. Carrick yana fuskantar ƙarin bincike bayan sakamako da ya fitar da United daga ɗaya daga cikin ainihin damar cin kofin a 2026-27 — kuma ya ƙara barna da asarar da ta zo daga cin kashin derby na Manchester kwanan nan.