You red devils they came out defeated from the visit to Watford with a 1-4 rout, aggravating the series of negative results. Joshua King (28′), Ismaila Sarr (44′), João Pedro (90+2′) and Dennis (90+5′) gave the victory to the hosts, Van de Beek scored the goal of honor (50′).
In a match in which Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo started, Watford was more threatening and on 8′ had a great opportunity to take the lead: De Gea saved Ismaila Sarr’s penalty, was beaten by Kiko Femenía’s reload, but the bid was repeated (for entry into the area before time by the full-back). And in the repetition, De Gea again denied the goal to Ismaila Sarr. However, he would end up beaten by Joshua King (28′) and Ismaila Sarr (44′) in a first-half where Man. United only reached Ben Foster’s goal with danger once: Rashford was stopped by the veteran goalkeeper (31′ ).
In the second half, Ronaldo assisted Van de Beek to make it 2-1 (50′), Maguire complicated matters by being sent off for a double yellow (69′) and Watford confirmed the victory in compensation, by João Pedro (90+2 ‘) and Dennis (90+5’). Confirming another defeat for Man. United and increasing pressure on Solskjaer.
With this setback, the fifth in the last seven games, Manchester United is ranked 7th, with just 17 points, being already 12 points behind Chelsea’s leadership.
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