Wolverhampton Wanderers repeated its FA Cup success over Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United as a Chris Smalling own goal gave it another 2-1 win in a pulsating Premier League game.
Wolverhampton Wanderers stays seventh on the table with the victory
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Wolves quickly settled on a cold night at Molineux and began creating chances of its own. Portuguese striker Diogo Jota hit a deserved equaliser from close range in the 25th minute after a nervy-looking Fred lost control and Raul Jimenez threaded the ball into the area.
United went down to 10 men in the 57th minute when right-back Young was sent off for a second yellow card after a reckless challenge on Jota. That enabled Wolves to pour forward and in the 77th minute, it got the winner, thanks to a Smalling own goal after a scramble near the line. The result left United on 61 points, while Wolves has 47.
Fulham relegated after 1-4 thrashing
The West London side, owned by American businessman Shahid Khan, returns to the second-tier Championship just a season after winning the promotion play-offs. It goes down with Huddersfield Town, which on Saturday became only the second team to be relegated from the PL before the end of March.
Despite the distraction of next week’s Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona, United came out strongly in Solskjaer’s second game as permanent manager. The away side finished the match with 10 men after Ashley Young was sent off in the second half. Romelu Lukaku missed an early point-blank header before midfielder Scott McTominay swept a low 13th minute shot from outside the box past Rui Patricio.
Wolves quickly settled on a cold night at Molineux and began creating chances of its own. Portuguese striker Diogo Jota hit a deserved equaliser from close range in the 25th minute after a nervy-looking Fred lost control and Raul Jimenez threaded the ball into the area.
United went down to 10 men in the 57th minute when right-back Young was sent off for a second yellow card after a reckless challenge on Jota. That enabled Wolves to pour forward and in the 77th minute, it got the winner, thanks to a Smalling own goal after a scramble near the line. The result left United on 61 points, while Wolves has 47.
Fulham relegated after 1-4 thrashing
Fulham was relegated from the Premier League after collapsing to a 1-4 defeat at Watford, a result which left it 16 points adrift of the safety zone with five games remaining.
The West London side, owned by American businessman Shahid Khan, returns to the second-tier Championship just a season after winning the promotion play-offs. It goes down with Huddersfield Town, which on Saturday became only the second team to be relegated from the PL before the end of March.