For the first time since his arrival at Old Trafford last summer (boreal), Uruguayan Edinson Cavani scored a goal in front of 10,000 Manchester United fans (2nd), but could not avoid his team’s draw against the already relegated Fulham.
With a victory, the Mancunians would have secured the runner-up, but with the draw, Leicester (3rd), who later played against Chelsea (4th) and had five points less (and two games) could overtake them on the last day.
After the violent demonstrations by United fans against the club’s owners after the failed creation of the Super League, the return of Old Trafford fans, thanks to a progressive lifting of sanitary restrictions due to the pandemic, augured large mobilizations .
Despite the fact that many green and yellow shirts and flags were seen (the original colors of the club and those used by fans in protests against the owners of the entity, the Glazer family), the match was played without altercations.
It all started well for United, as Cavani opened the scoring at the quarter of an hour, with a great balloon goal from 40 meters after receiving a long pass from his goalkeeper, the Spanish David De Gea.
But as the minutes progressed, Ole Gunnar Solksjaer’s men, who are no doubt already thinking about the Europa League final against Villarreal on May 26, gradually lost control of the game, allowing Fulham to draw in the absence of a quarter of an hour to go thanks to a header from Joe Bryan.
At the same time, Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds won again, this time 2-0 at Southampton, with which in addition to adding three points, the ‘Loco’ team made history, since it is the second team in the history of the championship English to finish a season without drawing away from home (10 wins and 9 losses).
The victory also allows Leeds to climb to 8th place in the standings, provisionally beating Arsenal and Everton.
Later, Brighton (15th) endorsed Manchester City’s sixth defeat for the already champion, who is also thinking about the Champions League final on 29 May against Chelsea in Porto.
With a team with many starters and despite playing almost the entire match at a disadvantage due to the expulsion of Joao Cancelo (10), Pep Guardiola’s men went ahead with the goals of the German Ilkay Gündogan (2) and the young international Phil Foden (48 ), but in the second half they relaxed and watched Brighton rally.
The local goals were scored by Leandro Trossard (50), Adam Webster (72) and Dan Burn (76).
Tuesday’s day will end with a repeat of the FA Cup final, between Chelsea and Leicester, which the ‘Foxes’ beat the ‘Blues’ last weekend. AFP (HN).
Results of the matches of the 37th day of the English football championship, and classification table:
– Tuesday:
Southampton 0-2 Leeds
Manchester United 1 – 1 Fulham
Brighton – Manchester City 3 – 2
Chelsea 2-1 Leicester