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Manchester United continued their negative results with another draw, this time away from home against Leeds United, with one goal each, as part of the seventh round of the English Premier League.
Manchester United opened the scoring in the 35th minute through Bryan Mbeumo, who converted a cross from Youri Tielemans into the net, ending the first half with his team in the lead.
At the beginning of the second half, Dominic Calvert-Lewin succeeded in equalizing for Leeds in the 51st minute, capitalizing on a ball that reached him inside the penalty area, continuing his scoring form.
Despite the attempts of both teams in the final minutes, the score remained unchanged until the final whistle, and United came away with another draw that is worrying for the future of its coach, Michael Carrick.
Brighton continued its historic start with another well-deserved victory, this time against its guest Crystal Palace with five unanswered goals, rising to second place in the standings temporarily before the Arsenal and Nottingham match.
Returning to the details of the match, Brighton managed to finish the game quickly after less than ten minutes, having scored three goals, starting with an own goal into the Palace net, while Diego Gomez added the second two minutes later, scoring one of the most beautiful goals of the season after a long-range shot from the middle of the pitch, and his teammate Ayari reinforced the result with the third goal.
At the beginning of the second half, the Greek Kastoulas added the fourth goal for Brighton without any reaction from Crystal Palace, as the team appeared unbalanced after the early hat-trick, before substitute Jack Hinshelwood completed the five-goal haul minutes before the end of the match's original time.
Brighton reached 16 points, temporarily sitting in second place in the standings.
For its part, Bournemouth succeeded in winning at home against its guest Sunderland with two unanswered goals, raising its tally to 6 points and leaving the relegation zone, while Sunderland dropped into it with 4 points.
Italian League
Lecce returned to the winning track after two consecutive defeats by beating its wounded host Udinese 3-0, in the seventh round of the Italian Football League yesterday.
Angolan Kialonda Gaspar (11), Nigerian Konan N'Dri (33), and German substitute Jamil Siebert (86) took turns scoring Lecce's trio.
Lecce, which had suffered two consecutive defeats against Milan 0-3 and Bologna 1-2 in the previous two rounds, raised its tally to 9 points in eleventh place temporarily.
On the other hand, Udinese continued to drop points, suffering its fifth consecutive loss in "Serie A" after Lazio 1-2, Inter 3-5, Cagliari 0-1, and Torino 1-2, leaving its tally frozen at 4 points in eighteenth place.
In another match, Como achieved a valuable and well-deserved victory away from home against Fiorentina with a score of (3-1).
The visitors imposed their control from the first half, as Mattia Liberali opened the scoring for Como in the 32nd minute. Not long after, Nico Paz added the second goal in the 36th minute. Before the end of the first half, Marin Pongracic managed to reduce the deficit by scoring Fiorentina's only goal in the 42nd minute. In the second half, Douvikas sealed the deal by scoring the third goal for Como in the 56th minute, confirming the team's superiority and deservedly taking the three points of the match.
Inter, the defending champion and winner over its host Bologna 3-1 on Saturday, leads the standings with 19 points, two points ahead of Roma, which defeated its guest Genoa 2-0.
Third-placed Lazio could join Inter at the top if it wins against its host Juventus (yesterday), while Fiorentina played against Como, and Milan against Atalanta yesterday.
The round concludes today with the matches between Monza and Cagliari, and Parma and Torino.
In Spain
Osasuna ended a streak of six consecutive matches without a win in the Spanish League by defeating its guest Racing Santander 2-0, in a match that witnessed the return of coach Jagoba Arrasate to El Sadar Stadium.
Croatian Ante Budimir opened the scoring from a penalty kick in the ninth minute, raising his tally to seven goals this season.
Despite Racing's attempts to come back, the hosts managed to maintain their lead, before Asier Osambela sealed the result with the second goal in the 88th minute.
The win raised Osasuna to ninth place, while Racing remained in sixteenth place, continuing its series of negative results.
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