{"id":76445,"date":"2025-09-21T05:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T05:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/76445\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T05:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T05:00:13","slug":"manchester-united-breathe-life-into-season-with-chelsea-victory-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/76445\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United breathe life into season with Chelsea victory \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United 2 [Fernandes 14; Casemiro 37] Chelsea 1 [Chalobah 80]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Manchester United breathed life into their stuttering Premier League season when goals from Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro earned them a thrilling 2-1 home victory over Chelsea on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A frantic first half got off to the worst possible start for Chelsea when goalkeeper Robert Sanchez was sent off in the fifth minute for a flying lunge at Bryan Mbeumo, upending the United forward as he was through on goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The hosts, with just one victory to their name previously this campaign, made their numerical advantage count, with Fernandes and Casemiro putting United 2-0 in front inside 37 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Casemiro\u2019s needless dismissal just before half-time evened up the numbers and gave Chelsea a way back into the contest but Trevoh Chalobah\u2019s late header was all the visitors could muster as a nervy United held on for a vital three points. <\/p>\n<p>West Ham 1 [Bowen 49] Crystal Palace 2 [Mateta 37; Mitchell 68]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Graham Potter\u2019s prospects of keeping his job as West Ham manager are looking ever more bleak after Crystal Palace won 2-1 at a mutinous London Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In a match played to a backdrop of thousands of fans protesting against club owner David Sullivan and vice-chair Karren Brady, the Hammers slumped to a third straight home defeat this season, all against derby rivals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Angry supporters are demanding change off the pitch but everything stays much the same on it, namely West Ham\u2019s susceptibility to corners, their tendency to roll over when the going gets tough at their unpopular stadium and their over-reliance on Jarrod Bowen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Jean-Philippe Mateta put Palace ahead \u2013 from a corner \u2013 and after Hammers captain Bowen levelled, Tyrick Mitchell was the unlikely match-winner with a sizzling volley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Potter, who has won only six of his 25 matches in charge, was left cutting a forlorn figure on the touchline as some fans turned their ire towards him, chanting \u2018you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing\u2019 and \u2018sacked in the morning\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Wolves 1 [Krejci 8] Leeds United 3 [Calvert-Lewin 31; Stach 39; Okafor 45]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Leeds came from behind to beat Wolves 3-1 and extend the hosts\u2019 losing start to the Premier League season to five matches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Boss Vitor Pereira was backed by the Molineux hierarchy with a new three-year deal during the week but there was nothing for him to celebrate as Leeds picked up their first win since the opening day \u2013 and their first on the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Wolves are still without a point and defeat left them rooted to the bottom of the table, already four points adrift of safety and seven behind the newly promoted Whites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Wolves took the lead in a Premier League match for the first time this season through Ladislav Krejci\u2019s first for the club but Daniel Farke\u2019s men ran riot in the last 15 minutes of the half to flip the game on its head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Dominic Calvert-Lewin started the onslaught with Leeds\u2019 first goal from open play this campaign, Anton Stach fired in a brilliant free-kick, then Noah Okafor\u2019s effort on the stroke of half-time gave Leeds a healthy advantage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">That did the damage for Wolves and fans aimed their chants at the club\u2019s ownership, Fosun Group, and chairman Jeff Shi, singing \u201cyou sold the team, now sell the club\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Brightons Yankuba Minteh takes the ball past Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario on his way to scoring his side's first goal during the Premier League match at the American Express Stadium. Photograph: Gareth Fuller\/PA Wire\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CF6DAF7SK5ENXXNYMNUXQ3GKMA.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"553\"\/>Brightons Yankuba Minteh takes the ball past Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario on his way to scoring his side&#8217;s first goal during the Premier League match at the American Express Stadium. Photograph: Gareth Fuller\/PA Wire Brighton 2 [Minteh 8; Ayari 31] Tottenham Hotspur 2 [Richarlison 43; Van Hecke 82og]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Brighton defender Jan Paul van Hecke scored a late own goal as Tottenham battled back from two goals down to salvage a 2-2 Premier League draw at the Amex Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Spurs looked destined to suffer a first top-flight away defeat since the summer appointment of Thomas Frank following first-half finishes from Seagulls pair Yankuba Minteh and Yasin Ayari.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">But Richarlison\u2019s scrappy goal on the stroke of half-time halved the deficit before Van Hecke diverted the ball past Albion goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen eight minutes from time, after the introduction of Xavi Simons gave the away side greater attacking threat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A 10th point from five league fixtures under Frank lifts the Europa League holders into second spot \u2013 above north London rivals Arsenal, who host Manchester City on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Burnley 1 [Anthony 20] Nottingham Forest 1 [Williams 2]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Ange Postecoglou secured his first Premier League point as Nottingham Forest manager in a 1-1 draw at Burnley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">After defeats by Arsenal last weekend and Swansea in the Carabao Cup, this game offered a chance for a first victory, but Jaidon Anthony cancelled out Neco Williams\u2019s second-minute opener.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Relentless rain made conditions tricky for both teams and Burnley were grateful to goalkeeper Martin Dubravka for a string of fine saves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United 2 [Fernandes 14; Casemiro 37] Chelsea 1 [Chalobah 80] Manchester United breathed life into their stuttering&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[18,19,17,795,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-76445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-premier-league","12":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}