‘Best player of the day’: Man Utd fans sing praise of Manchester United star as best player in Brighton defeat. It’s not Rashford or Fernandes

A section of Manchester United fans have hailed the performance of loan signing Sergio Reguilon and have named him as United’s best player in our embarrassing 3-1 home defeat against Brighton.

Most of the players underperformed and failed to match up to the opposition players.

However, the debutant, Sergio Reguilon impressed a lot of fans with his brilliant performance.

Here are his stats from the game:

88% pass accuracy

58 touches

29/33 passes completed

7/10 ground duels won

6 ball recoveries

2/3 tackles won

2 dribbles completed

2 key passes

Many fans voiced their appreciation for his efforts after the game, reacting on Twitter.

OldTraffordFaithful: “United’s best player today? Sergio Reguilon for me. Looked pretty decent on both sides of the ball. Shame his debut came in a loss.”

Toto: “That Reguilon performance was so much better than I expected but it will sure go under radar cos we lost.”

Newman Isaac: “He was our best player by distance.”

Liam Canning: “Reguilon has been Man United’s best player today.”

Miki Gospel: “Excellent.”

Suhail: “Sergio Reguilón was Manchester United’s best player, a player that couldn’t get any minutes at Tottenham Hotspur’s, a player on a pay-as-you-play loan, a player that had no pre season, a player making his debut – this is football heritage.”

Beth T: “Reguilon being our best player today says everything you need to know.”