Trainer Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has to fear for his job with the English soccer record champions Manchester United more than ever after a violent bankruptcy. The team around the Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo embarrassed themselves on Saturday when they were clearly outnumbered with 1: 4 (0: 2) at Watford FC. For the Red Devils it was the fifth loss from the last seven Premier League games.
Joshua King (28th minute), Ismaila Sarr (44th), João Pedro (90th + 2) and Emmanuel Dennis (90th + 6) scored for Watford after Sarr failed twice from the penalty spot. United keeper De Gea parried Sarr’s first weak penalty, then Kiko Femenia hit in the margin. The goal didn’t count because Femenia walked into the box too early. So the penalty had to be repeated, but De Gea saved Sarr’s second attempt too.
Rüdiger scores for Chelsea
Substitute Donny van de Beek, who only has three short appearances in the Premier League this season, scored the interim goal in the 50th minute. Shortly afterwards, Man United received the next setback when defender Harry Maguire saw the yellow-red card after a foul. A goal from Ronaldo (78th) did not count because of an offside position.
For the new Watford coach Claudio Ranieri it was the first home win with the club. Man United slipped after the repeated bankruptcy and only four points from the last seven league games (one win, one draw) to seventh place in the table. The gap to front runner Chelsea is already twelve points.
Radiant goalscorer: Antonio Rüdiger
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The English front runner Chelsea has meanwhile achieved the next victory in the Premier League thanks to Antonio Rüdiger. The German national player initiated the well-deserved 3-0 (2-0) away win at Leicester City on Saturday.
Defender Rüdiger, whose contract at Stamford Bridge ends next summer and who is being courted by several clubs, headed for the lead after 14 minutes – his second goal of the season. Former Leicester professional N’Golo Kanté, who became champion with the Foxes in 2016, increased (28th) to 2-0 for Chelsea. After the break, the former Dortmund substitute Christian Pulisic (71.) met.
The clearly superior and game-defining blues, who still had to do without their injured star striker Romelu Lukaku in the King Power Stadium and where Timo Werner stayed on the bench, could have won even higher. Several goals were not counted due to narrow offside decisions.
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