Manchester United slumped to a membership record-extending sixteenth Premier League loss this season on Sunday, whereas Champions League-chasing Newcastle wanted an 89th-minute penalty to salvage a 1-1 draw at Brighton.
United was overwhelmed 4-3 at Brentford in a wild, end-to-end recreation performed in between matches in opposition to Athletic Bilbao within the Europa League semifinals.
United supervisor Ruben Amorim fielded the membership’s youngest ever Premier League lineup based on common age, with Europe clearly the precedence this season forward of bettering his group’s woeful league place of fifteenth. United, on 39 factors, is already sure to set its worst-ever whole within the Premier League, in addition to file its lowest end.
Extra essential for Amorim might be defending the 3-0 lead over Bilbao from the primary leg in Spain going into the return match at Outdated Trafford on Thursday.
One constructive for United was the return from harm of winger Amad Diallo, who scored the third objective in stoppage time because the guests got here from 4-1 down however could not discover an equalizer.
A primary-half objective by Brighton winger Yankuba Minteh — a former Newcastle participant — appeared like seeing off his previous membership, just for Alexander Isak to transform a late penalty.
Newcastle may have climbed to 3rd place however now’s in peril of being caught by groups under within the race for a top-five end.
Newcastle is in fourth place and three factors forward of Chelsea, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa.
Chelsea, which hosts already-crowned champion Liverpool later Sunday, and Forest, which visits Crystal Palace on Monday, have but to play this spherical.
Additionally Sunday, West Ham drew 1-1 with Tottenham, which can also be within the Europa League semifinals and beat Norwegian group Bodo/Glimt 3-1 within the first leg on Thursday.
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