Manchester United’s season has lurched additional into turmoil with a 3-1 loss to Brighton within the Premier League on the day Outdated Trafford honoured their late, nice ‘King’ Denis Legislation .
Tottenham’s troubled marketing campaign additionally hit new depths on Sunday with a 3-2 loss at relegation-fighting Everton, however Nottingham Forest’s unlikely title problem goes from power to power after a 3-2 win in opposition to last-placed Southampton.
At Outdated Trafford, the fantastic striker Legislation, who died this week aged 84, was the topic of emotional tributes, led by former boss Alex Ferguson, earlier than the match.
However United then could not conjure up any of Legislation’s outdated aggressive spirit as objectives from Brighton’s Yankuba Minteh, Kaoru Mitoma and Georginio Rutter consigned Ruben Amorim’s males to a tenth defeat within the league.
That is the earliest right into a league marketing campaign they’ve hit 10 in losses since 1989-90 below Ferguson.
Bruno Fernandes scored for United from the penalty spot however a seventh defeat in 15 video games general below their new head coach Amorim highlighted the huge job the Portuguese has on his arms to revive the report 20-time English champions.
United at the moment are thirteenth within the desk after their defeat, with Spurs two locations beneath them within the 20-strong league, a deadly place for a membership which had been anticipating to be concerned in one other push for Champions League qualification.
As a substitute, it is Forest who’re capturing for the celebs after a high-quality win over the Saints that includes objectives from Elliot Anderson and Callum Hudson-Odoi, earlier than Chris Wooden nodded in his 14th of the season.
Forest at the moment are third, behind Arsenal solely on purpose distinction, with Liverpool nonetheless main the way in which six factors forward of their pursuers with a sport in hand.
Objective-shy Everton embarrassed injury-hit Spurs with their first Premier League objectives since Boxing Day in a one-sided opening 45 minutes, main 3-0 on the break which is one thing they’d not achieved at Goodison for nearly eight years.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin, along with his first in 17 matches, and Iliman Ndiaye each scored earlier than the unlucky Archie Grey turned the ball into his personal internet for the third.
Dejan Kulusevki scored with 13 minutes remaining and Richarlison grabbed one other again in stoppage time however the late fightback could not disguise the great nature of Spurs’ defeat with Australian boss Ange Postecoglou more and more below stress.
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