Manchester United responded to the debacle in the duel with Tottenham with two away draws, but the question remains whether this satisfies the epithets of the club's leader, so in the coming days - during the representative break - they will answer the question of whether Erik ten Haag has completed his mission at "Old Trafford".
After Porto in the Europa League (3:3), the "devils" won a point on another hot field - they played goalless against Aston Villa in the Premier League.
Unai Emery often knew how to stumble the favorites, before this duel Viola profiled as a team that is closer to victory, but everything was more or less equal on the field of "Vila Park". Both had chances, even United was a slightly more dangerous rival...
"We lacked freshness, but also several injured players. This is not a good result, but it is not a bad result either - I think it is realistic," said Emery.
The "Lions" thus drew for the second time in a row in the championship and are now fifth in the table, while United are far below - they have eight points, with only five goals scored in the past seven rounds. And it is his worst start in the history of the Premier League.
"We controlled the game. We had a balance in the game, we defended well and created several good chances - we also hit the crossbar. "We had some bad releases, but this is the fourth game in which we didn't concede a goal," Ten Haag said.
And Chelsea ended their streak of three victories against the unpleasant Nottingham Forest - it was 1:1 at Stamford Bridge.
The "foresters" took the lead with a goal by Chris Wood at the beginning of the second half, Noni Madueke equalized right after, and then for the next almost 50 minutes, the chances alternated like on a tape.
Chelsea could celebrate, but so could Forest, who played with ten men from the 78th due to the exclusion of James Ward-Prowse.
The visitors had the last big chance, but goalkeeper Robert Sanchez masterfully saved Jota Silva's header in the 104th minute.
The feat was done by Brighton who defeated Tottenham (3:2) even though they were two goals down at halftime - after goals from Brennan Johnson and James Maddison.
In the continuation, Spurs became victims of their own tempo and goal-scoring play, so they capitulated three times - Jankuba Minte, Žoržinio Ruter and Danil Welbek directed a great turnaround in the period from the 48th to the 66th minute.
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