Liverpool’s poor run of kind continued on Sunday as they suffered a shock 3-2 defeat away to Brentford, whereas Manchester United, contemporary from their well-known win at Anfield, maintained their resurgence with a 4-2 victory over Brighton at Previous Trafford.
On the Gtech Neighborhood Stadium, Brentford raced into an early lead by Dango Ouattara, who struck within the fifth minute to provide the hosts a vibrant begin.
The house facet doubled their benefit simply earlier than halftime when Kevin Schade completed off Mikkel Damsgaard’s intelligent help.
Liverpool briefly discovered a lifeline in first-half stoppage time as Milos Kerkez pulled one again, however Brentford restored their two-goal cushion from the penalty spot within the sixtieth minute.
Iago Thiago transformed coolly to make it 3-1 after Mohamed Salah was booked for dissent.
Salah, nonetheless, made amends with an 89th-minute purpose from Dominik Szoboszlai’s move to arrange a tense finale, however Brentford held agency to document a well-known victory.
The defeat, a fourth consecutive loss for Liverpool now sees the Reds in fourth place, whereas Keith Andrews’ facet climbed into the highest half with a morale-boosting three factors.
At Previous Trafford, Manchester United continued their spectacular momentum with a 4-2 win over Brighton. Having shocked Liverpool final weekend, Ruben Amorim’s males confirmed renewed confidence and attacking aptitude on dwelling turf.
Matheus Cunha opened the scoring within the twenty fourth minute, netting his first purpose for United since becoming a member of in the summertime.
Casemiro’s deflected effort doubled the benefit earlier than Bryan Mbeumo made it 3-0, ending clinically after good link-up play with Benjamin Sesko.
Danny Welbeck’s well-taken free-kick briefly revived Brighton’s hopes, and Charalampos Kostoulas’ late header lowered the deficit to 3-2.
However Mbeumo sealed the victory in stoppage time with a strong end to make sure United claimed back-to-back league wins for the primary time this season.
Elsewhere, it was one other disappointing outing for Tremendous Eagles stars Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey, as Fulham suffered a 2-1 defeat to Newcastle United at St. James’ Park.
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Jacob Murphy gave the Magpies an early lead earlier than Sasa Lukic equalised for Fulham shortly after the restart.
Simply as Marco Silva’s males appeared poised to safe a helpful level, Bruno Guimaraes struck within the ninetieth minute to seal all three factors for Newcastle.
Fulham have now misplaced 4 consecutive matches and sit sixteenth on the log with simply eight factors — solely three above the relegation zone. Newcastle’s win lifts them to eleventh with 12 factors.
At Stamford Bridge, newly promoted Sunderland pulled off the upset of the day, defeating Chelsea 2-1 in dramatic vogue.
Alejandro Garnacho had given Chelsea a vibrant begin with a fourth-minute strike, however Wilson Isidor drew Sunderland degree halfway by the primary half.
Chemsdine Talbi’s beautiful 93rd-minute winner accomplished a well-known victory for the guests, who climbed to second within the standings on 17 factors. Chelsea, in the meantime, slipped to seventh after their second dwelling defeat of the marketing campaign.
The weekend outcomes as soon as once more underlined the unpredictability of the Premier League, with Brentford’s heroics and Sunderland’s late present including contemporary intrigue to an already thrilling season.
