Premier League round-up: Manchester United win 'Derby' Chelsea fifth in a row [jiayu]


Xinhua News Agency, London, December 15 (Reporter Zhang Wei) Manchester United staged a miraculous comeback in the Premier League Derby on the 15th, scoring twice in two minutes at the end of the game to beat Manchester City 2-1. Chelsea remained solid at home, winning their fifth straight Premier League game after defeating Brentford 2-1.

Manchester City, who lost 2-0 to Juventus in the Champions League this week, were back at home against their rivals and took the lead in the 36th minute thanks to a powerful header from defender Gevadiol. See 3 points to win, "blue Moon" but suffered a blow at the last moment.

In the 86th minute, the Manchester City team Nunez return error, Diallo broke the ball and faced the attack of Manchester City goalkeeper Edson, the result was chased back Nunez kicked down. The referee awarded a penalty, which Fernandes converted, and United equalised in the 88th minute. Just two minutes later, Lima sent a long overhead ball and Diallo slotted in front of Ederson to score from a low Angle. The "Red Devils" achieved a knockout, while stopping the decline of two consecutive defeats in the Premier League.

As the defending champion, Manchester City has been 9 points behind the "leader" Liverpool with one less game, and the ranking has fallen out of the top four. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said there must be something wrong with a big club like Manchester City, which has lost eight of its last 11 games. "I am the manager, I should find a solution to the problem, but I didn't, so I wasn't good enough."

On the same day, Chelsea took the lead against Brentford at Stamford Bridge in the 43rd minute when Cucurella flew in from inside the area. In the 80th minute, Chelsea's Enzo found space to send a through ball for Jackson, who swung the Angle and fired into the near corner to make it 2-0. Brentford pulled back in the 90th minute, but Chelsea won 2-1 to finish two points behind Liverpool, who have a game in hand.

In addition, Brighton lost 3-1 to Crystal Palace, and Southampton suffered a 5-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.