The week six of the ongoing English Premier League is one the league will not forget in a hurry as both Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea all lose in the weekend. For Manchester United, their skipper Bruno Fernandes had a second-half penalty saved as they slipped to a Premier League defeat at Brentford.
Manchester United were trying to fight their way back after Igor Thiago scored two goals into first 30 minutes. Benjamin Sesko pulled one back but a third goal came to seal Brentford victory. For Liverpool, they suffered their first loss in the league as Crystal Palace scored a late goal to secure a win over Liverpool. Ismaila Sarr had given Palace an early lead in the first nine minute of the game. The game went on till the second half.
Crystal Palace were outstanding in stretching their unbeaten run in all competitions to 18 games, tormenting Liverpool’s rocky rearguard throughout but failing to make their superiority pay. Federico Chiesa came in a scored a 87th-minute equaliser and it looked like they were going to share the points.
Eddie Nketiah soon scored a last minute goal to give Palace a win. The loss was Liverpool first loss of the season. Chelsea also suffered a 3-1 loss to Brighton. Brighton came from behind to beat an ill-disciplined Chelsea side who had a player sent off for the second Saturday running.
Danny Welbeck and Maxim de Cuyper scored during 11 minutes of added time as they beat ten men Chelsea after Chalobah’s 53rd-minute red card. Chelsea scored first but could not maintain the victory the game ended 3-1 in favor of the visitors Brighton.
Next Manchester United will play Sunderland while Liverpool will welcome Chelsea.
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