Jose Mourinho lays into Manchester United players after Brighton secure survival with outstanding victory

Fans invade the pitch and give the players a hug. It's all very polite and nice. This was an outstanding performance, so well drilled by Hughton, executed perfectly by the players. 

Superb from Brighton! A thoroughly deserved win over an absolutely abysmal Man Utd means they have secured Premier League football for another season. It's an incredible achievement for Chris Hughton and his players. Jose Mourinho will have hit new levels of frustration tonight - these players are hurting his reputation and there's little he can do about it.

Brighton run down the clock by taking off Glenn Murray. He does that half jog/half walk thing that players do when wasting time and on in his place is Leonardo Ulloa, that striker you never ever think about. He never comes up in any conversations. 

Knockaert has been brilliant this evening and he's in amongst the defence now keeping the ball, dribbling past players and playing it forward to get Brighton out of their defensive shell. Man Utd are trying to find a late equaliser but Brighton are rigid and ready to absorb the pressure.

March comes on for Izquierdo. Ryan catches a Shaw cross (not Ryan Shawcross, but rather a cross by Shaw) at the near post... and this one is going to fizzle out. Brighton's tactics and performance has been superb here - helped by playing a United treating it like a friends-and-family day out but still impressive.

LINGARD MUST SCORE! Great move by United! Lingard plays in Rashford, he reverses the pass into the box and it opens up for Lingard inside the area. He has to hit the target but shanks it well wide and then half-heartedly tries to claim for a penalty which will never be. 

"Pogba launches one!" says the Sky Sports commentator as Pogba uses his traction engine foot to fire a shot a good many metres over the bar from about 30 yards out. 

There's not a single player on this United team, except De Gea, who looks worth over £15million on this performance. Lingard maybe? Martial? Painfully average.

I think Pogba is an absolutely superb player but he's been so poor for most of this season. There was a spell before injury where everything was working for him and yes, he's got 10 assists in the league but if you actually go into it and see how he's got them it'll put things in perspective. The best example is one of his assists to Lingard, where Pogba makes a short pass to him out on the left wing, then Lingard dribbled past three players and shot from 25 yards. That's not really an assist is it?

Young lunges into Knockaert from behind while chasing the ball from behind and the Brighton man starts rolling around the floor. He's taken a wee hit to the ankle but he's fine. Players need to stop doing that. Please stop. They should teach children about that instead of a wolf and a boy crying about it, modernise it. Mix it up.

 Lingard has made a real difference already. He's running box-to-box, filling in gaps when defending and running to create space for forwards. 

Rojo is subbed off for McTominay.

Lingard controls well to set himself up for a shot in the D but his left-footed effort isn't hard enough and again the goalkeeper can save it.

McTominay getting ready to come on.

Young has shifted to right-back, Lingard is playing close to Rashford. United pass the ball around the Brighton final third, moving it through the middle and Rashford finds a yard of space to line up a shot, takes it and forces Ryan into a strong save. That was flying towards the back of the net.

Mourinho's had enough and decides to make changes. Darmian off and oh there he is! LUKE SHAW is back from the dead and on to play some football. Fellaini is off too and Jesse Lingard replaces him.

Gross is booked for grabbing Mata, preventing him getting into the box and onto a through-pass. He takes a booking but that's a decent foul for Brighton to concede. Mata would have been in. Instead, United have a free-kick right on the edge of the area.

Brighton counter-attack and win a corner. Knockaert is flying past defenders with ease, it's great to watch. He's just left Rojo looking quite the fool with quick feet and a burst of pace. The corner is blocked at first phase but second is blasted in and Izquierdo improvises his finish, knocking it wide of goal. Solid effort but not quite good enough. 

The replays of that penalty incident show just how clearly Knockaert was waiting for contact and there does look to be a wee bit of contact. Not enough to send him flying to the ground, mind you.

Brighton are all over Man Utd here. Knockaert dribbles his way into the box, twisting and turning and HE'S GONE DOWN! That must be a penalty. Must be! No! The referee looks for assistance from his assistant but none comes. Knockaert can't believe it. In the officials' defence, he was definitely looking for the foul but that shouldn't stop it actually being one.

The benefit of technology eh? Without it there's no way the referee would have given that. This is Man Utd, the ball was going too quickly, the referee had a bad view etc

Brighton have taken the lead! And it's deserved! Izquierdo gets down the left, is able to win the ball back after being tackled and crosses into the area. The header is attacked by Gross, he powers it at goal and Rojo blocks on the line! There's a rammy in the box and a few seconds later the referee blows his whistle. The watch of truth has revealed that the ball crossed the line!

Martial tries a cross from the left but doesn't really have a clear option in the box to pick out... and wins a corner. Rashford bends it in, Fellaini heads at goal and wins another corner.

Gary Neville is angry that Fellaini keeps dropping deep, when really he should be up top waiting for the ball to be sent to him or taken there by the rest of his team. United keep trying short one-touch passes but after about three seem to lose confidence, or have any ideas left as to where it should go next. It's really disjointed. And Bruno has stolen the ball from near the halfway line, goes past Young, drives to the D and shoots but hits Smalling and wins a corner.

Pogba and Mata get in each others' way, Pogba manages to keep control of the ball in Brighton's box and then attempts a no-look shot to the bottom corner, feigning the opposite way. The goalkeeper doesn't buy it.

No changes then. Pogba hasn't started much better than he ended the first half .

Murray goes into Fellaini with a slide tackle and scissors him (I want to say that in a different way but it's a liveblog and time sensitive), earning a booking. For just a second that looked like a bad one so it's good to see that's not the case. Fellaini up and moving fine.

We're back! Oh dear.

I'd love to know what Mourinho is saying in the dressing room right now. I'd imagine a lot of it isn't fit for Ofcom standards but my god it would be entertaining.

Are you ready for more of this? They've been so disappointing that we haven't really mentioned how effective Brighton have been. Hughton must be the most underrated manager in the whole league. 

De Gea's done well, Brighton have been excellent. Everyone else would be on a three or four, it's baffling. They're playing like it's 5 a side and doesn't really matter.

 Woeful. That is one of the worst, most inept Man Utd performances I've seen all season, if not over the last few years. If Mourinho could make 10 substitutions, I genuinely think he might use them.

Bong has injured himself during that corner a bit earlier and may have to go off. Mourinho has the expression of someone waiting for their partner to finish trying on clothes in Debenhams so they can do literally anything else.

United win a corner. Rashford comes over to take it aaaaaaaand it's cleared at the near post. Ryan comes out to catch the second ball chipped into the area. 

Pogba comes forward, Brighton back off and get into a 5-4-1 shape and none of it matters because Pogba chips the ball out for a throw-in. This is honestly awful. Appalling.  

Brighton are pressing the United goalkicks and so De Gea decides to knock it long. Brighton are winning every 50/50, every duel and don't even have to work to gain possession since United players keep handing it to them!

Rashford is sent chasing a ball into the channel. The goalkeeper comes out to clear it... and Rashford gets their first! The goalkeeper then fouls him - clearly - but the referee doesn't care. The United players don't even seem to care. Wake up everyone!

Another dreadful pass gives Knockaert the chance to break. He gets onto the return of a one-two but can't nick it past the goalkeeper. Corner.

The first ball is dealt with, the second phase of attack isn't and a hooked clearance gets the thing away from danger. 

United are playing this game with all the concentrated determination of a pre-season friendly. Sloppy passes, no real effort... Rashford has been awful too. He's not trying to be but nothing he tries is working and even simple bits of control are letting him down. 

The passing by United is the worst I've seen all season.

Another long range shot from Izquierdo wins a corner and gets the Brighton fans singing in full voice. The corner is sent in and it's headed at goal at the near post! Just wide! United have got away with one there!

Mourinho is raging with Rashford. Geoff Shreeves says he didn't bother waiting until half time and during the last break said 'why didn't you square it to Martial?'

Rashford is having a bit of a mare. He keeps giving the ball away, losing control of it and now he's been put clean in on goal by winning the ball in the Brighton box and taking far too long to decide what to do with it. Instead of setting up Martial for the tap in, he waits... and loses out as the defender gets tight to tackle.

Mourinho looks furious.

Dunk throws his head at a powerful shot by Rashford and the crowd goes 'OOOOOOOOOO' because they heard it. That must have hurt... but he seems to be fine. 

There's a nice tempo to United's passing, they're not hanging about and are moving it around with purpose, but there's no real rhythm. Like they're hitting a drum a bunch of times hoping it'll sound good eventually. The problem is that as soon as they get into the final third, someone passes it to absolutely nobody. 

WHAT A SHOT BY MURRAY! The ball bounces about 25 yards out from goal and sits up perfectly for the power strike, Murray obliges and launches an effort which just keeps going! De Gea uses his size and strong arm to push that behind. The corner comes to nothing.

Matic and Fellaini are dropping back at goal kicks to double team Murray, who keeps winning the aerial battles. United keep giving the ball away in the Brighton half, there's a bit of miscommunication and not enough understanding between them.

Brighton get really tight and compact as United venture into their half and very quickly there's no space for them to pass into. Pogba forces a ball into Mata but the Spaniard slips and it's behind for a goal kick.

Izquierdo moves inside the pitch from the left and finds Gross. He approaches the box then tries a low hard drive at goal but De Gea saves easily. Darmian isn't having a very good game so far and Brighton are targeting him.

Brighton have found their groove and are starting to ask questions of the United defence. Izquierdo is able to cut onto his right foot inside the box and shoot but can only hit a defender. 

Bruno gets in behind Pogba on the right and chips to the back post, but Murray can't get a shot on target. Stephens comes in at the edge of the box but his shot is harmless and rolls wide of the post.

Well that's an interesting one. A long ball over the top puts Smalling in a race with Murray and both of them go down, tangling in each others' legs. They have a laugh about it afterwards - there's a real feel of end-of-season friendly about this match.

 All United so far. They're keeping the ball well - or were until I wrote that and Rashford's first touch gives possession away. Brighton then win a free-kick and have a chance to keep the ball for a bit.

Rashford goes low towards the far post, Fellaini connects and it's turned into the back of the net! Fellaini did so from an offside position and Brighton survive an early scare.

After an attacking start by Man Utd, Rashford is wiped out on the edge of the box and wins a free-kick. Rashford is lining this up for a shot.

I'm enjoying Sky Sports' access to the pitch. The presenters and pundits are allowed to wander all around the pitch and stand next to the tunnel as the players come out.

Jose Mourinho

"Alexis and Lukaku are injured so not an option. We believe in these players, they are fresher than many others and to play against a team which is strong at home, is intense is probably the best team."

Who's the number nine?

"All of them

"The final is in two weeks time, there is no energy to save, I think we did everything this season to be second best in the Premier League"

Chris Hughton

"We know the magnitude of what we're about to be up against but we wll have to play very well and they'll have to have one of their not-so-good days."

 That won't take long in this warm sunny weather! [/badjokes]

Gary Neville has been out asking fans what they think Man Utd need to next season to challenge Man City and the general consensus appears to be to attack and entertain. Is Mourinho the man for that? His record breaking Chelsea teams, and high scoring Real Madrid side suggest he is! So where's the awesome football? Perhaps it starts tonight!

The sun is shining, it's still pretty warm, a giant anthropomorphic seagull is wandering around the stadium terrifying the supporters. What a Friday.

Romelu Lukaku is out with a foot injury, Marouane Fellaini starts ahead of Scott McTominay and Alexis Sanchez isn't even in the squad! 

Hello and welcome to our liveblog for this Friday night football extravaganza, as two teams battle it out over mostly nothing! That's not strictly true, as technically Brighton could still be relegated but considering their position in the table and the five point gap they have over Southampton just now it doesn't seem likely.

Still, Chris Hughton's team should be the more motivated of the two and seeing as this a home game, they might have the psychological advantage! Then again, this is a Man Utd team managed by Jose Mourinho. What can we even expect!?

Until the teams are in we won't know for sure but you can bet your bottom dollar, or alternatively your lowest pound, that Mourinho will be gunning for an impressive victory here. The noises about Pep Guardiola's champions being so much more fun to watch can't sit easy with Jose.

Team news should be with us at 7pm and you can follow all the build-up and action with us right here on this very internet website page.