Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes, third from proper, celebrates together with his teammates after successful the top of the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Chelsea on the Outdated Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025.
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Manchester United beat Chelsea 2-1 in a chaotic Premier League match at Outdated Trafford on Saturday (September 21, 2025) and ease pressured on coach Ruben Amorim.
Each groups went right down to 10 males within the first half after Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez and United midfielder Casemiro have been despatched off.
Earlier than his dismissal, Casemiro scored what proved to be the decisive objective. Amorim’s staff had just one win in 4 rounds going into the match.
Earlier, defending champion Liverpool maintained its 100% begin to the season with a 2-1 victory in opposition to Everton at Anfield within the Merseyside derby.
Good Liverpool
Ryan Gravenberch scored and assisted to assist Liverpool enhance to 5-0. Victory got here regardless of some sloppy durations within the second half, when Idrissa Gueye pulled a objective again for Everton.
Liverpool has received 5 consecutive house video games in opposition to the Blues for the primary time since 1937. Everton has not received a match at Anfield attended by followers since 1999, its solely victory since then behind closed doorways in 2021 through the pandemic.
Everton supervisor David Moyes remained winless in 23 video games at Anfield with the Toffees, Manchester United, Sunderland and West Ham.
Liverpool’s prime two summer season signings, Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz, entered as second-half substitutes, Wirtz within the 61st and Isak within the 67th.
Gravenberch put Liverpool forward within the tenth when Mohamed Salah lofted a one-hop move into his path. The defensive midfielder prolonged his proper leg and on the half volley lifted the ball over the outstretched arm of goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
Gravenberch made an ideal through-pass within the twenty ninth and Hugo Ekitike slotted the ball via Pickford’s legs and contained in the far publish.
Gueye scored on a long-range shot after Iliman Ndiaye tapped again Jack Grealish’s cross. About to show 36 subsequent Friday, Gueye turned the second oldest Everton participant to attain in a Merseyside derby behind 37-year-old Sam Chedgzoy in 1926, based on Opta.
Strain mounting
In one other unhealthy day for West Ham coach Graham Potter, his staff misplaced for the fourth time in 5 video games, happening at house to Crystal Palace 2-1.
Former Chelsea coach Potter has received simply six instances in 25 video games since being employed in January and has misplaced 14 of them.
The topic of insulting crowd chants at London Stadium, Potter mentioned, “I did not hear it. I perceive the frustration, however there’s nothing I can say.”
He lasted solely seven months at Chelsea and there has already been hypothesis within the British media about potential replacements, together with former Nottingham Forest coach Nuno Espirito Santo and West Ham icon Slaven Bilic.
When requested if he thought he had the backing of the membership hierarchy, Potter mentioned: “I’ve no cause to suppose not. However I additionally perceive the surroundings and the outcomes.” Tyrick Mitchell scored a 68th-minute winner for Palace after Jean-Philippe Mateta’s opening objective was canceled by Jarrod Bowen.
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