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 Manchester United climbed up to fourth

 in the Premier League table after a 2-0 

win over 10-man Brighton on Tuesday night.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes' 

second-half goals saw the Red Devils scrape

 past a Seagulls side who performed 

admirably, even when Lewis Dunk was 

sent off too.

Sportsmail's IAN LADYMAN and LUKE

 AUGUSTUS provide ratings from the 

Old Trafford encounter.

MANCHESTER UNITED (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea - 7.5

Manchester United's player of the season

 came to the rescue once more with a 

brilliant save to deny Jakub Moder in 

the first half. If only those in front of him 

played at his level this season.

Diogo Dalot - 6

Wasn't his best game but made 16 ball 

recoveries against Brighton - six more 

than any other player on either side on Tuesday.

Victor Lindelof - 6

A late starter in place for the ill Raphael 

Varane and will be pleased to have contributed

 to a clean sheet.

Harry Maguire - 5.5

The much-maligned centre back will 

be pleased to have kept a clean sheet. 

However, Brighton's dominance in the 

first half especially shouldn't have resulted

 in that.

Luke Shaw - 6

Grew into the game in the second half 

once Brighton were down to 10 man.

 However, struggled when the pacy Tariq

 Lamptey was brought on for Brighton 

and was duly booked for a foul on the right

 back.

Scott McTominay - 6

Industrious as ever for United, but 

was part of their problems in the first 

half with such a big gap between midfield

 and defence.

Fred 5.5

Another game to forget by the Brazil 

international, albeit he has just recovered

 from Covid. However, he was guilty of 

losing possession far too often in midfield 

as Brighton carved United open at will.

Anthony Elanga - 6

His direct running saw Dunk sent off 

and helped turn the game in United's favour.

Bruno Fernandes - 7

Became more impactful once Brighton 

were reduced to 10 men. Took his goal 

superbly though, showing terrific stamina

 and then composure. It made up for his

 glaring miss earlier in the second half.

Jadon Sancho - 8

After a slow start at Old Trafford, the 

£73million signing is beginning to find his

 feet. Should have put United ahead early 

in the first half but was a great attacking 

outlet down the left wing, beating multiple

 defenders.

Cristiano Ronaldo - 7

Showed his class with brilliant individual

 goal but will be disappointed he didn't 

add to his tally with two headers. Should've

 had an assist too when he laid it on a 

plate for Fernandes.

SUBS

Paul Pogba - 6 (on for Fred, 72 

minutes)

Showed some lovely touches in midfield

, including one beautiful pirouette, and it 

was his quickly-taken free-kick that 

set Fernandes on his way to score United's

 second.

Alex Telles - 6 (on for Elanga, 

79 mins)

Came on to help combat the threat 

of Lamptey as a defensive left-sided midfielder.

Marcus Rashford - 6 (on for 

Sancho, 79 mins)

Lost the ball a few times in this brief cameo

, to the groans of the Old Trafford faithful.

MANAGER

Ralf Rangnick - 6

Will be pleased with the second-half display

 but he must be concerned by their opening 

45-minute showing.

BRIGHTON (4-3-3)

Robert Sanchez - 6

Made fine saves to deny Sancho and 

Fernandes. Could do nothing about Ronaldo's

 opener but will be disappointed to have

 bitten on Fernandes' dummy to make it 2-0.

Joel Veltman - 6.5

Produced a brilliant cross which nearly 

set up Moder to score in the first half and

 was solid in defence largely throughout.

Adam Webster - 6.5

His mistake was the catalyst for Sancho's

 first-half chance but he duly recovered and

 largely nulified the threat of Ronaldo.

Lewis Dunk - 5.5

Sent off after a last-man challenge on 

Elanga  that costed his team dearly. With 

11 men they may have overturned their 

1-0 deficit at the time.

Marc Cucurella - 6.5

Combative left back who had the measure

 of most United attacks down his flank.

Yves Bissouma - 5.5

Could've scored in the first half, then 

his mistake led to United's opener as he 

failed to deal with their press. Eighty-one

 seconds later, Dunk was sent off too 

with the visitors still unnerved.

Pascal Gross - 6.5

Kept things tidy throughout his outing 

at Old Trafford.

Jakub Moder - 7

Unlucky to not score a brace. De Gea's 

brilliance denied him a fantastic header,

 before the crossbar stopped his 30-yard

 effort from being a goal of the season contender.

Alexis Mac Allister - 6.5

Industrious and wasn't afraid to track back

 and help his team out. Booked late on.

Leandro Trossard - 6.5

Was part of a Brighton attack that had 

United's defence on ropes all through the first

 half.

Neal Maupay - 6

Didn't have any chances to capitalise 

on the uncertainty of United's backline.

SUBS

Steven Alzate - 6 (on for Gross,

 60 mins)

Was unable to influence the game in the way he would like too due to Brighton being a man down.

Tariq Lamptey - 6 (on for Trossard, 60 mins)

His pace caused United's defence problems. Put in a brilliant cross but Danny Welbeck could only head over.

Danny Welbeck - 6 (on for Maupay, 69 mins)

Should have scored from Lamptey's cross against his former club, provided more of a threat than Maupay though.

MANAGER

Graham Potter - 6

Will be frustrated not to come away from Old Trafford with a win - a measure of Brighton's display. Can take solace though into the rest of the season.

REFEREE

Peter Bankes - 6

Made the right call to overturn his initial decision to award Dunk a yellow card and send him off.