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West Bromwich Albion deepened the gloom around new Manchester United manager David Moyes with a sensational 2-1 win at Old Trafford in the English Premier League yesterday.
A week on from its 1-4 derby humiliation at Manchester City, United was looking to return to winning ways in the league but instead slumped to a defeat that left the champion in 12th place.
On-loan Marseille winger Morgan Amalfitano put West Brom ahead with an exquisite individual goal in the 54th minute, picking the ball up on halfway and nutmegging Rio Ferdinand before insouciantly dinking the ball over ‘keeper David de Gea.
Wayne Rooney equalized three minutes later, with a free-kick from wide on the left that eluded everyone, only for 20-year-old midfielder Saido Berahino to restore the Baggies’ lead with a fierce left-foot drive.
Steve Clarke’s side held on for victory, to leave Moyes with only two victories from his first six league matches since succeeding the legendary Alex Ferguson.
United’s fans could nonetheless take a small crumb of consolation from the fact that their conquerors from last weekend fell to 2-3 at Aston Villa.
Yaya Toure gave City the lead on the stroke of half-time, with Edin Dzeko restoring the visitors’ advantage in the 56th after Karim El Ahmadi had equalized for Villa early in the second period. However, a fine free-kick from Leonardo Bacuna saw Villa equalize in the 73rd before Andreas Weimann ran clear and beat Joe Hart two minutes later to give Paul Lambert’s side a stunning win.
City had been on course to take over at the top of the table from Tottenham Hotspur, which drew 1-1 at home to Chelsea in the first managerial meeting between former colleagues Jose Mourinho and Andre Villas-Boas.
Spurs manager Villas-Boas saw his side take a first-half lead through Gylfi Sigurdsson, but in a frenetic and keenly contested second half, Chelsea equalized through John Terry before having Fernando Torres sent off.
“The second half was not as good as we wanted. They did well to score from the set-piece,” said Villas-Boas. “The result suits them better than us, but it was a very tight game.”
Torres was shown a second yellow card for leading with his arm in an aerial challenge with Jan Vertonghen, but Mourinho felt referee Mike Dean’s decision to dismiss him was unjust.
“The team was very, very strong, until the moment the referee made a mistake; a big mistake, but a mistake that has a big influence on the result,” Mourinho told Sky Sports.
The result nudged Spurs to the top of the table on 13 points, but Arsenal will replace them if it avoids defeat at Swansea City.
Elsewhere, Southampton’s watertight defense held firm as it climbed to fourth with a 2-0 win at home to Crystal Palace, Hull City won 1-0 against West Ham United and Cardiff City won 2-1 away at struggling Fulham.
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