What a fall: United lost 2-1 to Sheffield

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Who’s Manchester United? Three days after beating champions Liverpool 2-3 and ousting them from the trophy, Ola Gunnar Solskjaer’s side lost height with a surprise 2-1 loss tonight (Wednesday) to Sheffield United, last in the table at Old Trafford. Following the result, Manchester City finished the round in first place. Leicester missed an opportunity to snap into the Citizens after a 1-1 draw with Everton at Goodison Park.

Manchester United – Sheffield United 2: 1
The team from Yorkshire, who have not won at Old Trafford since 1974, began to believe that this time they could do it in the 23rd minute. John Falk raised a corner kick and Cain Bryan slammed close to the crossbar and inside and set up an incredible 0-1 to the weakest team in the Premier League. The Red Devils’ equalizer was achieved in a similar way, with Harry Maguire (64) accurately hitting the corner raised by Alex Teles from the left and it’s 1: 1.

At this point, the whole world and his wife smelled the upheaval of the league leader, on the eve of the cycle. But it was Sheffield who stepped forward and stung once more. The Red Devils defense had a hard time keeping a simple ball away from the extension. John Lundstrom passed the ball wide to Oliver Barak who kicked a ball that was powerfully deflected into the net by Axel Townsba and it was an incredible 1-2 for Sheffield.

Manchester United come down undefeated after 13 league games and for the first time since April. Solskjaer remains a point less than the summit but with an overtime game against Pep Guardiola. The Blades are still last but with the second win of the season, specifically at the Dream Theater, can believe that maybe they still did not delay the train and can stay in the league.


Everton – Leicester 1: 1
The Foxes could have clung to Manchester City at the top if only they had known how to get three points out of Goodison Park. It did not happen, because in the 30th minute Hamas Rodriguez kicked a huge ball with his right foot to the crossbar and inside and celebrated his fourth goal on Everton’s home court and it was 0: 1. Yuri Tillmans managed to equalize (67) with a kick from outside the box and after a courteous drop by Jordan Pickford. Distribution of points at the end.

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