Soccer-Liverpool grab home win, Man United slump to another defeat as pressure mounts on Carrick

Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester United v AFC Bournemouth - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - October 25, 2026 Manchester United's Harry Maguire looks dejected after the match REUTERS/Chris Radburn

LIVERPOOL, England, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Liverpool beat ⁠Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 on Sunday to grab their first home win of ⁠the Premier League season while Manchester United slumped to an embarrassing 3-0 defeat ‌to Bournemouth that will heap further pressure on under-fire manager Michael Carrick, who benched captain Bruno Fernandes.

The Portuguese playmaker was left out of the starting team after criticising Carrick's tactics in a 4-1 Champions League defeat to Italian ​side Como in midweek.

Any hope that the move might ⁠inspire the rest of the side evaporated ⁠when Rayan scored for the Cherries in the 38th minute, with Marcus Tavernier adding a ⁠second ‌goal before the break.

Evanlison'ssuperb third saw a trickle of fans head for the exits, and that trickle became a flood as the final whistle approached with Fernandes still ⁠on the bench and very little sign that United would ​be capable of mounting any ‌sort of a comeback.

With the final whistle greeted by a loud chorus of ⁠boos, the defeat ​left Carrick's side in 16th place on seven points, one above the relegation zone, and they are without a win in the league since beatingIpswich Town 5-2 on August 30.

Liverpool enjoyed a much more ⁠positive afternoon as they welcomed high-flying Brighton to Anfield, netting ​twice in a high-energyfirst half to bring an excellent run of four league wins on the trot for the Seagulls to a shuddering halt.

Brighton defender Pascal Gross steered a Florian Wirtz shot ⁠into his own net in the 17th minute, and Alexander Isak scored the second with a deftly taken first-time finish from Bradley Barcola's pass four minutes later to secure the win.

The win lifts Liverpool to fourth in the table on 15 points, one behind Brighton. Manchester City ​remain top of the standings on 21 points despite dropping ⁠their first points of the season on Saturday in a 2-1 reverse against Aston Villa, with ​Arsenal in second place on goal difference.

Newcastle United got back ‌to winning ways with a 2-0 win away ​to Crystal Palace,while Hull City were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Brentford.

(Reporting by Philip O'Connor, additional reporting by Lori Ewing; editing by Clare Fallon)

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英格兰利物浦，10 月 25 日（路透社）——利物浦周日以 2-0 击败布莱顿，取得了本赛季英超联赛的首个主场胜利，而曼联则以 0-3 惨败给伯恩茅斯，这将给饱受批评的主教练迈克尔·卡里克带来更大的压力，他将队长布鲁诺·费尔南德斯放在了替补席上。

这位葡萄牙组织核心球员在周中欧冠联赛1-4负于意大利科莫队的比赛中批评了卡里克的战术，因此被排除在首发阵容之外。

任何希望这一举动能够激励球队其他成员的希望，都在雷扬于第 38 分钟为樱桃队进球后破灭，马库斯·塔弗尼尔在上半场结束前又打入一球。

埃文利森的精彩第三球让零星的球迷开始离场，随着终场哨声临近，费尔南德斯仍然坐在替补席上，曼联几乎没有任何反扑的迹象，离场的球迷更是蜂拥而至。

终场哨响时，现场嘘声四起。这场失利让卡里克率领的球队以7分位列第16名，仅比降级区高出1分。自8月30日5-2战胜伊普斯维奇城以来，他们就再也没有在联赛中取得过胜利。

利物浦在安菲尔德迎战势头正劲的布莱顿，度过了一个更加积极的下午。他们在充满活力的上半场攻入两球，终结了海鸥军团此前联赛四连胜的良好势头。

第 17 分钟，布莱顿后卫帕斯卡尔·格罗斯将弗洛里安·维尔茨的射门挡入自家球门；四分钟后，亚历山大·伊萨克接布拉德利·巴尔科拉的传球，巧妙地一脚射门，打入第二球，锁定胜局。

这场胜利使利物浦以15分升至积分榜第四位，落后布莱顿1分。曼城尽管周六以1-2负于阿斯顿维拉，丢掉了本赛季的首个积分，但仍以21分继续领跑积分榜，阿森纳因净胜球劣势排名第二。

纽卡斯尔联队客场2-0战胜水晶宫，重回胜利轨道；而赫尔城主场1-1战平布伦特福德。

（菲利普·奥康纳报道，洛里·尤因补充报道；克莱尔·法伦编辑）

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