Manchester United’s depressing season suffered one other Boxing Day blow as captain Bruno Fernandes was sent-off in a 2-0 defeat at lowly Wolves. Fernandes noticed purple for the third time this season early within the second half for a second bookable offence. Wolves took full benefit to make it two wins in two video games below new boss Vitor Pereira. Matheus Cunha’s objective direct from a nook opened the scoring earlier than he teed up Hwang Hee-chan with just about the final kick of the sport. United, who slipped to 14th, have received simply twice in seven Premier League video games since Ruben Amorim took cost final month and had been insipid in assault even earlier than Fernandes’ dismissal.
Victory was sufficient to carry Wolves out of the relegation zone on the expense of Leicester, who misplaced at Liverpool.
The optimism that greeted Amorim’s early days in cost already appear a distant reminiscence because the Portuguese has been left in little doubt over the size of the duty he faces to show round a fallen big.
Amorim reacted to a 3-0 humbling at residence to Bournemouth on Sunday by making simply two modifications.
Leny Yoro got here into the defence, whereas Rasmus Hojlund changed Joshua Zirkzee up entrance.
The Dane, although, struggled to make any affect as Cunha confirmed the worth of a ahead in type.
Wolves look set to lose their prime scorer to suspension over a FA cost for misconduct for a conflict with an Ipswich member of workers after a 2-1 defeat earlier this month that price Gary O’Neil his job.
Only Mohamed Salah, Erling Haaland, Cole Palmer and Alexander Isak have scored extra objectives within the Premier League this season than the Brazilian worldwide.
United, against this, had been let down by their talisman.
Fernandes was strolling a tightrope from a first-half reserving when he recklessly dived in on his Portuguese worldwide team-mate Nelson Semedo two minutes into the second interval.
Even the usually argumentative Fernandes had few complaints when referee Tony Harrington brandished a second yellow and a purple.
The 30-year-old’s first purple card of the marketing campaign towards Tottenham was overturned on attraction earlier than he was additionally dismissed in a 3-3 draw at Porto within the Europa League.
Wolves nearly instantly made the person benefit depend when Semedo squared for Jorgen Strand Larsen to faucet in.
The Norwegian, although, had strayed offside earlier than making contact with the cross.
United’s frailties from set-pieces have been routinely uncovered since Amorim succeeded Erik ten Hag.
For the fifth consecutive Premier League recreation they conceded from both a nook or free-kick in what proved to be the decisive objective.
Cunha’s in-swinging supply flew in on the far submit with United goalkeeper Andre Onana sandwiched between two Wolves gamers and the Cameroonian’s pleas for a foul fell on deaf ears.
Wolves’ nervousness allowed United to press for an equaliser within the closing levels.
But a Harry Maguire header that floated into the arms of Jose Sa was the closest the 10-man Red Devils got here to redemption on one other sobering evening for Amorim.
Hwang rubbed salt into United wounds deep into stoppage time after he and Cunha had been left with simply Onana to beat between them.
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