Manchester United restored the winning tone in the English Premier League after two consecutive defeats, and beat Wolverhampton 2-0 on Saturday in the 36th stage of the competition to tighten the screws on Newcastle, who drew 2-2 with its host Leeds United in another match on Saturday at the same stage.
In other matches today at the same stage, Aston Villa beat Tottenham 2-1, Crystal Palace beat Bournemouth 2-0, Fulham beat Southampton 2-0, and Chelsea tied with Nottingham Forest 2-2.
At the “Old Trafford” stadium, Manchester United snatched a difficult victory over Wolverhampton with two clean goals scored by Frenchman Anthony Martial in the 32nd minute and substitute Alejandro Garnacho in the fourth minute of stoppage time for the match, raising his score to 66 points in fourth place, with a goal difference only behind Newcastle.
The victory is the first for Manchester United after two consecutive defeats in the competition, to return to tightening the screws on Newcastle in their race for third place, while Wolverhampton’s balance was frozen at 40 points.
Aston Villa returned its guest, Tottenham, to the spiral of negative results, by defeating it 2-1 today, raising its score to 57 points and advancing to sixth place, with a difference in goals scored only behind Tottenham.
Aston Villa ended the first half in his favor with a clean goal scored by Jacob Ramsey in the eighth minute, and the team consolidated its victory with a goal in the second half scored by Douglas Luiz in the 72nd minute, before Harry Kane scored the only goal for Tottenham from a penalty kick in the last minute of the match.
And at the Stamford Bridge stadium in the capital, London, Chelsea returned to the series of wasting points with a 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest, raising its score to 43 points, compared to 34 points for Nottingham Forest.
Raheem Sterling scored Chelsea’s goals in the 51st and 58th minutes, and Tayo Onyi scored Nottingham’s goals in the 13th and 62nd minutes.
