Although Jose Mourinho believed Brighton deserved to beat Manchester United on Sunday, the Portuguese couldn't help criticise referee Kevin Friend, claiming he ended the game prematurely at the AMEX.

Paul Pogba brought United to within one goal thanks to his injury time penalty. There was hope another goal could be found, until midway through their next attack when Friend blew the whistle for full time.

"In the second half, our goal was too late and gave us not even the chance of a next ball," Mourinho told his post-match press conference.

"It's quite strange because against Leicester the match ended with a corner against us and [Kasper] Schmeichel had 15 seconds to arrive from his box to our box.

"The referee waiting for that Leicester opportunity when it was after the extra time he gave.

"Today the situation was not even a corner but was similar in the sense we had one last ball and the referee stopped the game when the ball was in the air.

"But Brighton deserved [to win], congratulations to them."