New downfall for United... and Inter turns its deficit into a win over Fiorentina

Following the midweek loss to Como, captain and Portuguese international midfielder Bruno Fernandes criticized his coach's defensive approach, saying United need more "dare".

Carrick responded to him on Sunday by leaving him on the bench in a match largely decided in the first half after United finished it trailing by two goals: the first came in the 38th minute by Brazilian Ryan with a volley following a corner kick taken by Dutchman Justin Kluivert, and the 43rd by Marcus Tavernier with a pass from Frenchman Adrien Truffert, prompting some fans to leave Old Trafford.

The defeat was definitively sealed in the second half—which saw Argentine Lisandro Martinez, Dutchman Joshua Zirkzee, and Brazilian Matheus Cunha come on for United—after the hosts' net was shaken by a brilliant third goal scored by Brazilian Evanilson, who capitalized on a misjudged clearance outside the penalty box by Belgian goalkeeper Senne Lammens in an attempt to cut off a pass from Lewis Cook, to shoot the ball from afar into the empty net (71).

Thus, Bournemouth repeated the result of their last win at the "Red Devils'" home on December 22, 2024, and their previous visit to "Old Trafford" a year before that, when they began a sequence of seven consecutive unbeaten matches against their opponent.

With their second win of the season, Bournemouth complicated the life of Carrick and United, who are enduring their worst start to a season in the Premier League era launched in 1992, having collected only seven points from their first eight matches.

Following the departure of Dutchman Erik ten Hag and Portuguese Ruben Amorim over the past two seasons, United appear to be facing another transitional season with the possibility of parting ways with Carrick, who took over temporarily last season but was confirmed in his post after leading the "Red Devils" to third place and a return to the Champions League.

United occupy sixteenth place, just one point above the relegation zone.

Unlike United, their rival Liverpool continued their positive results under their new Spanish coach Andoni Iraola, achieving their fourth consecutive win domestically and continentally at the expense of visiting Brighton, with two goals scored by German Pascal Gross (17 own goal) and Swede Alexander Isak (21).

Liverpool raised their tally to 15 points and climbed to fourth place ahead of Chelsea, benefiting from the defeat of the team they will face on Wednesday in the League Cup, against their neighbor Tottenham 0-2 on Saturday.

After suffering their first defeat of the season in the previous round at the hands of Liverpool, Brentford returned from Hull City's stadium with a 1-1 draw, raising their tally to 11 points in sixth place, ahead on goal difference of Newcastle, who in turn defeated hosts Crystal Palace with two goals scored by Dane William Osula (47) and Harvey Barnes (58).

Italian League

Defending champions Inter Milan snatched an exciting 2-1 win over visiting Fiorentina yesterday after scoring two goals in stoppage time, escaping their first defeat this season in the Italian Football League in the eighth round, and reclaiming the top spot on goal difference from Lazio.

After regaining some confidence with their first win in the Champions League against Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 on Wednesday, Inter experienced tense moments once again at the San Siro, despite dominating the flow of the match, as they ran for long periods into the brilliance of Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea.

Against the run of play, Spaniard Alex Jimenez gave Fiorentina the lead in the 65th minute with a powerful shot that surprised goalkeeper Ivan Provedel, whom the coach preferred over Spaniard Josep Martinez.

Inter seemed headed for a painful defeat before Frenchman Marcus Thuram managed to equalize in the first minute of stoppage time (90+1), scoring his fifth goal this season after De Gea had blocked his attempts on three previous occasions.

Pole Piotr Zielinski snatched the winning goal from a penalty kick awarded following a foul inside the area on Thuram in the dying moments of the match (90+7).

Inter raised their tally to 22 points, level with Lazio—who defeated Parma 2-1 on Saturday—reclaiming the top of the standings on goal difference.

The eighth round continues with Genoa meeting Venezia, Atalanta facing Frosinone, and Lecce against Juventus, before Milan visits Udinese in the finale.

The ninth round of Serie A takes place tomorrow when Lazio visit Sassuolo, looking to reclaim sole possession of the top spot temporarily after achieving the best start in the competition's history. As for Inter, they face bottom-placed Venezia away the following day.

Spanish League

Athletic Bilbao crushed visiting Getafe 4-0 at San Mames stadium yesterday in the tenth round of the Spanish League, continuing their unbeaten home record since falling in the opening match.

The Basque team managed to regain their balance following a draw and a defeat, thanks to goals from Alex Berenguer (17), Ghana's Iñaki Williams (35), Aitor Paredes (70), and Yuri Berchiche (88), while Mario Martin was sent off for the visitors (86).

Bilbao raised their tally to 12 points with their third league victory of this season, while Getafe remained frozen on 9 points.

Since losing their opening match to Sevilla (1-3), Bilbao have not lost at home in four consecutive matches.

This result led to Getafe suffering a run of six consecutive away defeats in the top flight for the first time since April 2016.

Getafe have achieved only one win in their last 11 matches across all competitions, and are now just one point away from 18th-placed Espanyol.

French League

Monaco took advantage of the numerical disadvantage in visiting Lille's ranks and drew with them 1-1 yesterday in the French League top-of-the-table clash, paving the way for defending champions Paris Saint-Germain to climb to first place in the eighth round.

Lille took the lead through Ethan Mbappe's shot from inside the box following a pass from Souribou Diaoune (24), but played the rest of the match with ten men after Tanguy Nianzou was shown a direct red card (66).

Monaco managed to fight back, capitalizing on the numerical superiority thanks to a goal by substitute Edan Diop, who crossed the ball towards the penalty area, tricking the defense and the goalkeeper to enter the net (74).

Both teams remained level on 15 points with Lille leading on goal difference in first and second places, but the door was left open for champion PSG as well as Lyon to claim the top spot should either win their encounter on Monday at the end of the round.

The match between PSG and Lyon had been postponed from yesterday to today at the request of the police prefecture due to protests in Paris.