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Manchester United’s woes deepened with a 2-0 loss to Chelsea, stretching their winless run to nine games and leaving them 16th in the Premier League table.
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Manchester United slumped to a 0-2 defeat to Chelsea on Saturday, October 31, at Stamford Bridge, as they attempt to wade through troubled waters. The setback leaves United 16th in the English Premier League with only seven points from nine outings.
Michael Carrick’s team are now without a victory in nine games, with their last win coming against newcomers Sabah in the UEFA Champions League on September 11.
The Red Devils paid the price for squandering multiple first-half opportunities to take the lead before suffering a dramatic collapse after the break.
United’s Historic Winless Run: A Look Back
Manchester United’s longest winless run came across the 1929-30 and 1930-31 seasons, when the Old Trafford club endured a 16-game stretch without a win.
The 16-match winless streak spanned four games in the 1929-30 season and 12 in 1930-31, before United ended the run with a win against Birmingham City on November 1, 1930.
English football manager Herbert Bamlett was in charge during that winless spell, as United went on to suffer relegation for the third time in their history at the end of the season.
Manchester United’s current nine-match winless streak is their longest in 38 years, after their 0-2 loss to Chelsea.
What happened in the defeat to Chelsea?
Morgan Rogers sliced through the Manchester United defence to break the deadlock.
Lisandro Martinez compounded his manager’s woes by picking up two yellow cards in quick succession, with the second offence also resulting in a penalty.
Cole Palmer converted from the spot to lift Chelsea into the top four.
“The two halves of football could not probably be further apart. We looked in a good place going into half-time and then found a way of unravelling it in the second half,” Carrick said after the match.
United avoided slipping into the relegation zone just because Nottingham Forest suffered a 2-0 loss to Brentford.
Nikola Milenkovic’s own goal and Igor Thiago’s strike took the Bees up to sixth.
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