Premier League Results Today: Watford Stun Manchester United, Liverpool Thrash Arsenal 4-0 to Close Gap With League Leaders Chelsea

Man United had lost four of their last six Premier League games before the international break and this heavy defeat only pile more pressure on manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Delhi: Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s troubles at Manchester United became more serious with another miserable performance as the Red Devils going down to Watford FC 4-1 in an away match on Saturday. United’s loss was their fourth in their last five games, and their heaviest to newly-promoted opposition in more than 30 years. The loss leaves United 12 points off Premier League leaders Chelsea after as many games. Man United goalkeeper David de Gea described the loss as “embarrassing” and “unacceptable”, and apologised to the club’s fans.

With the busy Christmas and New Year period up ahead, United will have many matches to play during a short time, and getting full points against lower-ranked teams keeps the big clubs in good stead. But on Saturday, Manchester United came up with another poor performance as they lost to Watford, their problems further compounded by Harry Maguire getting the marching orders.

João Pedro’s @premierleague goal! pic.twitter.com/h5K2IT0pnb

— Watford Football Club (@WatfordFC) November 20, 2021

In other matches on Saturday, Liverpool’s “big three” — Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Diogo Jota — all scored as they eased to a 4-0 win over Arsenal at Anfield. Forward Takumi Minamino also netted, his just 48 seconds after coming off the bench late in the game to help rout Arsenal.

Manager Jurgen Klopp’s side moved up to second place in the Premier League and redeemed their four-point gap behind leaders Chelsea, who briefly sat six points clear at the top with a resounding win over Leicester City earlier on Saturday.

Started by @Alissonbecker, finished emphatically by @MoSalah ⚽

A wonderful, sweeping move by the Reds pic.twitter.com/goRC2Ai0QY

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) November 20, 2021

Talking about the Watford vs Manchester United clash – Joshua King (28′), Ismaïla Sarr (44′), João Pedro (90+2′) and Emmanuel Dennis (90+6′) scored for Watford while Donny van de Beek (50;) scored the lone goal for Manchester United, who remain at 7th position with 17 points from 12 matches. Watford are placed 16th with 13 points from 12 matches, their win against Manchester United after two successive defeats against Arsenal and Southampton.

United enjoyed 59 percent possession but only nine shorts, only three of them on target. In contrast, Watford had 19 attempts and six of them on target.

King gave the Golden Boys the lead against his former club and Sarr made up for an earlier penalty miss with a powerful strike a minute before half-time.

Donny van de Beek pulled one back for United shortly after half-time but late strikes from João Pedro and Dennis sealed a Watford win, after away captain Harry Maguire had been shown a red card with little over 20 minutes to play.

Having comfortably kept the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes at bay to earn their fourth victory of the season, the Hornets will quickly begin preparations fpr next week’s trip to Leicester City, where hopes will be high of adding to their winning momentum.

In other Premier League battles on super Saturday, Aston Villa gave new manager Steven Gerrard a perfect start by beating Brighton 2-0; Burnley held Crystal Palace, Newcastle drew with Brentford 3-3 while Norwich got the better of Southampton 2-1. Wolverhampton stunned fourth-placed West Ham United 1-0.