Soccer-Dark day for Man United and City after Halloween defeats

Soccer Football - Premier League - Chelsea v Manchester United - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain - October 31, 2026 Manchester United manager Michael Carrick looks dejected during the match Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra

LONDON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - ⁠Manchester United's nightmare winless run reached nine games as they slid ⁠to a 2-0 loss at Chelsea and Manchester City also suffered a ‌harrowing Halloween as the Premier League leaders went down 1-0 at home to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.

United were the better team before halftime at Stamford Bridge but paid heavily for not ​taking chances as a solo effort by Morgan ⁠Rogers and a Cole Palmer ⁠penalty after the break heaped more pressure on the visitors' manager Michael Carrick.

A horror ⁠start ‌to the second half for Carrick's side was compounded by a red card for defender Lisandro Martinez in conceding the penalty that Palmer ⁠tucked away in the 64th minute.

United were spared dropping ​into the relegation zone ‌by Nottingham Forest's 2-0 defeat at Brentford although they will fall into ⁠the bottom ​three should Crystal Palace earn at least a point at Tottenham Hotspur later.

City's 100% Premier League record was ended last week by Aston Villa and their hopes of bouncing ⁠back quickly were undone by third-placed Brighton who ​avenged their midweek League Cup loss to City thanks to Yasin Ayari's early goal.

Arsenal will replace City as leaders if they avoid defeat at Liverpool on Sunday. City ⁠have 21 points from nine games with Arsenal also on 21 from eight. Brighton have 19.

Coventry City moved out of the relegation zone with a 3-1 home win over Sunderland who are left propping up the table.

Bournemouth beat Leeds ​United 2-0 to move seventh while Forest remained in ⁠the bottom three as their poor form under new manager Oliver Glasner continued with ​defeat at Brentford making it five league wins ‌without a win.

The battle between two of ​the promoted sides ended honours even as Hull City drew 2-2 at home to Ipswich Town.

(Reporting by Martyn Herman, editing by Ed Osmond)

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足球 - 英超联赛 - 切尔西对阵曼联 - 斯坦福桥球场，伦敦，英国 - 2026年10月31日 曼联主教练迈克尔·卡里克在比赛中显得沮丧。（图片来自路透社/彼得·齐博拉）

伦敦，10 月 31 日（路透社）——曼联的噩梦般的不胜纪录已延续到九场，他们在切尔西以 0-2 落败；而曼城也在万圣节遭遇了一场噩梦般的失利，这支英超领头羊球队周六在主场以 0-1 负于布莱顿。

上半场在斯坦福桥球场，曼联表现更胜一筹，但下半场摩根·罗杰斯的个人突破和科尔·帕尔默的点球，让客队主教练迈克尔·卡里克承受了更大的压力，他们也因此付出了沉重的代价。

卡里克率领的球队在下半场开局不利，后卫利桑德罗·马丁内斯在第64分钟因犯规被红牌罚下，送给对手一粒点球，帕尔默主罚命中，雪上加霜。

由于诺丁汉森林队在布伦特福德以 0-2 负于对手，曼联避免了跌入降级区，但如果水晶宫队稍后在托特纳姆热刺队至少拿到一分，曼联将跌入降级区。

上周，曼城在英超联赛中保持的100%全胜纪录被阿斯顿维拉终结，而他们迅速反弹的希望也被排名第三的布莱顿粉碎，布莱顿凭借亚辛·阿亚里的早早进球报了周中联赛杯输给曼城的一箭之仇。

如果阿森纳周日在利物浦的比赛中保持不败，他们将取代曼城登上积分榜榜首。曼城九轮过后积21分，阿森纳八轮过后同样积21分。布莱顿积19分。

考文垂城队主场3-1战胜桑德兰队，成功脱离降级区，而桑德兰队则继续垫底。

伯恩茅斯以 2-0 击败利兹联，升至第七位，而诺丁汉森林则继续深陷降级区，在新任主教练奥利弗·格拉斯纳的带领下，他们的糟糕状态仍在继续，在客场负于布伦特福德，遭遇联赛五连胜却未尝胜绩。

两支升班马球队之间的较量最终以赫尔城主场2-2战平伊普斯维奇镇而告终。

（Martyn Herman报道，Ed Osmond编辑）

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