Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick admits he has a special affinity with tonight's opponents Brighton.
Rangnick went to university in Brighton in his 20s.
He said, “Yes, for sure. I think back in 1980/81, the season before I came to Brighton, they had just won promotion to the First Division [they came up in 1979]. At the time, Alan Mullery was the manager and they played at the old Goldstone Ground in Hove. Yes, quite a few things have changed since then. They're now an established team in the Premier League, playing in a new stadium with a new training ground and I think the manager is doing a great job. Yeah, they are probably one of the three best teams in the Premier League in possession of the ball.
"It's not so easy to take the ball away from them, even for top teams like Liverpool. We were watching the game against Liverpool and against Manchester City and, even they were having a hard time getting possession of the ball when they were playing the ball through their lines.
"So we are fully aware it's a tough game again tomorrow. We also know we can be successful if we stick to our game plan and play hopefully then for the entire game and control the game for 90-95 minutes. It's difficult in the Premier League but at least [let's] do it for a longer period of time and then get the result that we desperately need tomorrow."
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