Man Utd’s Manuel Ugarte in doubt to face Brentford after suffering knock vs Ecuador
The nature of his injury remains unclear, but it raises concerns over his availability for Saturday’s clash at Old Trafford.
The nature of his injury remains unclear, but it raises concerns over his availability for Saturday’s clash at Old Trafford.
Aston Villa got their Premier League campaign off to a winning start with a hard-fought 2-1 victory against West Ham United – the club’s first result at London Stadium.
The Premier League is off to a feisty start as half of the games on the opening weekend have now taken place.
Liverpool travel to east London after a derby defeat to Everton on Wednesday dealt a massive blow to their title hopes, leaving them third in the table, two points behind Manchester City and three behind Arsenal, with City having a game in hand.
The semi-automated system gives a result in around 30 seconds, while VAR calls can take several minutes, frustrating players and also fans, who are often uninformed about what is happening.
Mourinho is adamant United will improve on their current league position of 10th but he accepted their form at present is not good enough.
United host the Magpies for a league clash on Saturday night (2200 IST).
Celtic slumped to a 3-1 defeat against Red Bull Salzburg despite taking the lead in Austria.
More worrying for Jurgen Klopp was an uncharacteristically lacklustre display in losing 1-0 to Napoli in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Jose Mourinho’s defence is causing him headaches as he tries to turn around a woeful start to Manchester United’s season…