{"id":689359,"date":"2026-01-11T17:43:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/689359\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T17:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:43:17","slug":"manchester-united-vs-brighton-fa-cup-third-round-live-latest-score-and-updates-as-brajan-gruda-opens-the-scoring-for-the-visitors-with-darren-fletcher-giving-kobbie-mainoo-a-start-at-old-trafford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/689359\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United vs Brighton &#8211; FA Cup third round LIVE: Latest score and updates as Brajan Gruda opens the scoring for the visitors with Darren Fletcher giving Kobbie Mainoo a start at Old Trafford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/105420319-0-image-m-35_1768150122876.jpg\" fetchpriority=\"high\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-1121\/harry-bamforth.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HARRY BAMFORTH, LIVE SPORTS COVERAGE REPORTER<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-3001\/Tara-Anson-Walsh.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TARA ANSON-WALSH, FOOTBALL REPORTER<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-2301\/chris-wheeler.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHRIS WHEELER, NORTHERN SPORTS WRITER<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-211\/nathan-salt.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NATHAN SALT &#8211; FOOTBALL REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Updated:  12:41 EST, 11 January 2026   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold\">Follow Daily Mail Sport&#8217;s live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/manchester-united\/index.html\" id=\"mol-7f07c2e0-ed5a-11f0-b55c-d9dba77ff5f9\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> welcome <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/brighton-and-hove-albion\/index.html\" id=\"mol-7f06b170-ed5a-11f0-b55c-d9dba77ff5f9\" rel=\"noopener\">Brighton<\/a> to Old Trafford in the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/fa_cup\/index.html\" id=\"mol-7f0e5290-ed5a-11f0-b55c-d9dba77ff5f9\" rel=\"noopener\">FA Cup<\/a>, with Chris Wheeler and Nathan Salt reporting from the grounds.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyMailSport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/964x110_facebook_ad_sport_V1.png\" width=\"934\" height=\"110\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Manchester United vs Brighton &#8211; 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