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EPL: Mendy Shines As Chelsea Go Top, Leicester Beat Man United 4-2
Manchester United succumbed to a first away league defeat for 30 games by losing 4-2 at Leicester as Liverpool thrashed Watford 5-0 on Saturday.Chelsea remain on top of the Premier League after a hard-fought 1-0 win at Brentford, while Manchester City eased to a 2-0 victory over Burnley.The top three are separated by just two points, but the expected title challenge from United after a summer of heavy investment is not materialising to increase the pressure on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.United have taken just one point from a possible nine and face Liverpool, Tottenham and City in their next three league games.Mason Greenwood’s spectacular strike put the visitors in front against the run of play at the King Power, but were quickly pegged back by Youri Tielemans’ dinked finish beyond David de Gea.A flurry of four goals in the final 12 minutes then condemned Solskjaer’s men to a first defeat on the road since January 2020.Caglar Soyuncu put Leicester in front before Marcus Rashford equalised on his first appearance of the season after shoulder surgery.Straight from kick-off, United’s leaky defence was breached once more as Jamie Vardy smashed home and Patson Daka’s first Leicester goal in stoppage time sealed a much-needed win for Brendan Rodgers’ men.“We need to look at the whole set-up and balance of the team and maybe something has to give,” said Solskjaer. “Lately, we have not been in great form, we’ve lost too many points and that is something we have to look at.”Chelsea needed a series of miraculous saves from Edouard Mendy to ensure they were not the latest giants to be stung by newly-promoted Brentford.Ben Chilwell’s goal in first-half stoppage time earned victory for the European champions as they withstood a late Brentford barrage thanks to their Senegalese stopper.“We were very strong for 70 minutes and very lucky for 20 minutes, to sum it up,” said Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel said.“We escaped with the three points thanks to Edouard.”Wolves produced a miraculous comeback from 2-0 down with 10 minutes remaining to win 3-2 at Aston Villa.Danny Ings and John McGinn had put the hosts in a commanding position at Villa Park.But Romain Saiss, Conor Coady and Ruben Neves handed Bruno Lage’s men a dramatic three points.Southampton got their first league win of the season thanks to Armando Broja’s goal to beat Leeds 1-0.Norwich remain winless and bottom of the table after a 0-0 draw with Brighton.AFP
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Barcelonas Umtiti To Undergo Surgery On Broken Foot
Samuel Umtiti will undergo an operation after breaking his foot in training on Monday, Barcelona said.Umtiti’s latest injury reduces the chances of him leaving in the January transfer window, with Barca looking to ease the club’s enormous debts by moving players on this month.The France defender has been on the fringes of Barcelona’s first team for a while. His form has been affected by a string of knee injuries and the 28-year-old has made only one start in La Liga this season.Barca announced earlier this month that Umtiti had signed a new four-year contract.The deal was aimed at spreading his wages over a longer period of time, which enabled the club to register new signing Ferran Torres within this season’s spending limit.The length of Umtiti’s absence will be more accurately gauged after his surgery on Tuesday, Barcelona said.“Samuel Umtiti suffered a trauma during today’s training session on his right foot which caused a fracture in the fifth metatarsal,” read a club statement. “The player will undergo surgery on Tuesday.”AFP
