The Manchester United Of Reuben Amorim suffered their third consecutive home defeat yesterday. Newcastle settled the matter in just 30′ thanks to goals scored by the usual Isak and Joeliinton and the Portuguese coach had to review the tactical plan: in the 33rd minute Mainoo came on as a substitute Joshua Zirkzeewho came out amid boos and didn’t take it very well.
These are Amorim’s words: “Obviously we had different ideas, at the beginning and at the end the analysis of the match seems simple. For Josh it was a really difficult moment but I felt I had to do something at that moment. I don’t like doing this to my players and I felt he was suffering. I had to think about the team, I feel very sorry for him.”
Complete program of the 19th day
Sunday 29 December
Leicester – Manchester City 0-2
Crystal Palace 2-1 Southampton
Everton – Nottingham Forest 0-2
Fulham – Bournemouth 2-2
Tottenham – Wolverhampton 2-2
West Ham 0-5 Liverpool
Monday 30 December
Aston Villa 2-2 Brighton
Ipswich 2-0 Chelsea
Manchester United – Newcastle 0-2
Wednesday 1st January
6.30pm Brentford – Arsenal
THE RANKING
Liverpool 45 (18 games played)
Nottingham Forest 37 (19)
Arsenal 36 (18)
Chelsea 35 (19)
Newcastle 32 (19)
Manchester City 31 (19)
Bournemouth 30 (19)
Fulham 29 (19)
Aston Villa 29 (19)
Brighton 27 (19)
Tottenham 24 (19)
Brentford 24 (18)
West Ham 23 (19)
Manchester United 22 (19)
Crystal Palace 20 (19)
Everton 17 (18)
Wolverhampton 16 (19)
Ipswich 15 (19)
Leicester 14 (19)
Southampton 6 (19)