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A deflected late strike from Lisandro Martinez earned Manchester United a much-needed 1-0 victory at Fulham in the Premier League yesterday.
Looking for just their fourth league win since coach Ruben Amorim succeeded Erik ten Hag in November, United created very few openings in a poor first half at Craven Cottage.
The visitors did improve after the break and got the bit of good fortune they needed to grab victory, with Argentine defender Martinez’s long-range winner taking a huge deflection before finding the net in the 78th minute.
A timely goal-line clearance from young United substitute Toby Collyer late on helped see the visitors home, with the victory moving Amorim’s side up to 12th in the standings, four points behind 10th-placed Fulham.
Aston Villa missed a chance to draw closer to the Premier League’s top four in a 1-1 draw at home to West Ham United whose Brazilian left back Emerson rescued a point after Jacob Ramsey had got the hosts off to a dream start.
Villa opened the scoring when academy product Ramsey played a neat one-two with Ollie Watkins in the eighth minute before placing an angled shot past West Ham goalkeeper Alphonse Areola.
Villa should have scored again, with Youri Tielemans shooting just wide and Watkins narrowly missing a header. But the visitors grew into the game and deservedly equalised when Emerson headed home an Edson Alvarez cross in the 70th minute.
Leicester City snapped a seven-match losing streak with a 2-1 victory at Tottenham Hotspur that continued the home side’s abysmal form.
Tottenham have now managed only one win in 11 league games after goals by Jamie Vardy and Bilal El Khannouss early in the second half piled more pressure on manager Ange Postecoglou.
Tottenham, who deservedly led at halftime with a 33rd-minute header by Richarlison, remain 15th with 24 points after a fourth successive league loss, eight points off the drop zone.
Bryan Mbeumo’s retaken penalty and Kevin Schade’s headed goal gave Brentford a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace, ending the hosts’ five-game unbeaten run.
Mbeumo hit the post with his first attempt but the VAR spotted encroachment from Palace players and awarded a retake. The Cameroonian forward made no mistake this time, sending Dean Henderson the wrong way to put Brentford ahead in the 66th minute.
Schade doubled 11th-placed Brentford’s lead in the 80th minute when he leapt to meet Mikkel Damsgaard’s lofted cross in the box, clashing heads with Palace defender Chris Richards in the process but still finding the net.
Teenager Romain Esse scored in the 85th minute, just two minutes into his Premier League debut. But 12th-placed Palace were unable to find an equaliser despite a late push.
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