Manchester United fans dream of a first Premier League title in A decade after Marcus Rashford earned dramatic win over rival Manchester City on Saturday, while Liverpool lost to Brighton & Hove Albion in Their disappointing season.
at the other end of table, bottom side Southampton won 2-1 at Everton, who starts his season bad To the worst, while Wolverhampton Wanderers and Nottingham Forest earned valuable victories in their bids to avoid drop.
a first league The title from 2012-13 is now real Possibility for united after their transition one Goal behind city l second in ranking f six off arsenal captains, who Visit Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, with 2-1 victory at Old Trafford.
England forward Rashford completed the conversion eight minutes from time to time score for Seventh in a row match in All competitionsthe first united player To do so since Cristiano Ronaldo in 2008.
The hosts looked in defeat after Jack Grealish headed City home in Before just after the hour mark, with the champions seek in Control until Bruno Fernandes equalized in 78th minute.
The city was angry goal Honored after Video Assistant Referee (VAR) review with Rashford initially declared it offside before allowing Fernandez to shoot forward of for him.
Ninth consecutive win in All competitions for United celebrated with real activity, as the hosts continued improvement one This leads to better than expected results results So soon inside coach Erich ten Hag period.
“we are looking like a team Now, Fernandez told BT Sport. Some time ago sometimes sometimes one of us was looking for ourselves. Now you see right team playing for each other.
“If you don’t keep winning, (City) will go further clear. we will celebrate b big win But from tomorrow that should be our focus on the next game. “
Suffering Reds
Liverpool was expected to be the City team main title contenders again This season, however, they fell to eighth place in The table is like Solly March Brighton Pavilion netted twice in 3-0 win over Jurgen Klopp is slow side.
Chose Brighton up they first home league win over against Liverpool since January 1961 as they are climbed above them opponents in the seventh.
Liverpool now trail leaders Arsenal by 16 points after playing one game more. The Reds lost back-to-back league games for a second Time this season, suffering six Overall defeats, three times as many as possible in All of 2021-22.
transcend in midfield fragile in defenseLiverpool managed two shots on targeting over 90 minutes, with Brighton more from good the value for Their victory, thanks to a brace from March and a spectacular third by Danny Welbeck at the end of the line.
“Bad. Really bad. I can’t remember what was the worst game,” Klopp told the BBC: “How can you explain that? Same players outstanding played football matches before but if things are not organized properly it can look like like that.
“I can’t stand here and say that didn’t happen. Of course, we have to be excited concerned around it.”
Liverpool’s rival in Merseyside is Everton also carrying Hamora campaignsitting secondBottom and without file win in nine matches in All competitions After retreating to defeat at home to Southampton.
the result Come on Day when members of everton board They advised to get off the ground over what club called “real and a credible threat safety and security.”
everton fans He was planning a sit-in.inOn the ground yet game in protest against club’s current impasse, with Feeling about Goodison Park’s final Anger whistle one indeed.
Forest had a lot more A fun afternoon like Brennan Johnson double earned 2-0 home win over Leicester City withdraw Steve Cooper side five points clear of the drop Area.
Leicester have now lost four league games in One row is the fifteenth, three points and two places below Jungle, and only two points above the bottom three.
wolves now out of Landing area and level on 17 points with Lister after a second-half goal From Daniel Bodence he took 1-0 win over West Ham United visitors, who slid one From spot to rank 18 on 15 points.