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#Manchester #United #beats #Chelsea #takes #big #step #Champions #League #qualification">Manchester United beats Chelsea 1-0, takes a big step towards Champions League qualification A 43rd-minute strike from Matheus Cunha earned Manchester United a 1-0 victory at Chelsea on Saturday, as it took a big step towards Champions League football next season.
Cunha fired home from a pinpoint Bruno Fernandes cross with United’s first shot on target.
“I feel three points closer (to Champions League), we have another game that we have to win,” player of the match Fernandes told TNT Sports. “We know we need points to get that place secured and we will do everything possible to be as quick as possible,”
Michael Carrick’s boys resisted waves of Chelsea attacks with the home side hitting the woodwork three times through Estevao, Liam Delap and Wesley Fofana.
Chelsea’s failure to find the net despite attempting 21 shots to United’s four condemned it to its fourth Premier League defeat in a row without scoring and opened up a 10-point gap between the sides.
Chelsea enjoyed nearly 60 per cent possession and had 40 touches in the opposition box to United’s 10 but the visitor’s scratch defensive partnership of Ayden Heaven and Noussair Mazraoui held firm.
United rose to 58 points in the Premier League ahead of Aston Villa on 55 and Liverpool on 52. Chelsea remained sixth but with its chances of reaching the Champions League places severely dented.
Beleaguered Chelsea coach Liam Rosenior said he still believed the side could make the top five by the end of the season.
“It is about results and we haven’t got a result today we should have. The small things add up but we have to keep working hard,” Rosenior said.
Published on Apr 19, 2026
A 43rd-minute strike from Matheus Cunha earned Manchester United a 1-0 victory at Chelsea on…
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#Premier #League #Man #Uniteds #Maguire #Chelsea #trip #onematch #ban #misconduct">Premier League: Man United’s Maguire to miss Chelsea trip after one-match ban for misconduct
Manchester United centre back Harry Maguire will miss the Premier League match at Chelsea after receiving a one-match ban following a misconduct charge, the English Football Association said on Wednesday.
The 33-year-old England international, who earlier this month signed a new contract extending his stay at Old Trafford until 2027, was charged after being sent off in the 78th minute of United’s 2-2 draw at Bournemouth last month.
The FA said that Maguire was alleged to have “acted in an improper manner and/or used abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour towards the fourth official following his dismissal.”
He admitted the charge and has also been fined 30,000 pounds ($40,710).
United will also be without Argentine centre back Lisandro Martinez, who will miss the club’s next three matches – against Chelsea, Brentford and Liverpool – after receiving a red card for violent conduct in Monday’s 2-1 home defeat by Leeds United.
Martinez was sent off in the 56th minute for pulling the hair of Leeds striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
United, who is third in the standings with 55 points from 32 games, travels to sixth-placed Chelsea on Saturday.
Published on Apr 15, 2026
Manchester United centre back Harry Maguire will miss the Premier League match at Chelsea after receiving a one-match ban following a misconduct charge, the English Football Association said on Wednesday.
The 33-year-old England international, who earlier this month signed a new contract extending his stay at Old Trafford until 2027, was charged after being sent off in the 78th minute of United’s 2-2 draw at Bournemouth last month.
The FA said that Maguire was alleged to have “acted in an improper manner and/or used abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour towards the fourth official following his dismissal.”
He admitted the charge and has also been fined 30,000 pounds ($40,710).
United will also be without Argentine centre back Lisandro Martinez, who will miss the club’s next three matches – against Chelsea, Brentford and Liverpool – after receiving a red card for violent conduct in Monday’s 2-1 home defeat by Leeds United.
Martinez was sent off in the 56th minute for pulling the hair of Leeds striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
United, who is third in the standings with 55 points from 32 games, travels to sixth-placed Chelsea on Saturday.
Published on Apr 15, 2026
Manchester United centre back Harry Maguire will miss the Premier League match at Chelsea after…