West Ham vs Manchester United - as it happened: Jose Mourinho slumps to yet another defeat
All the action from Saturday's opening Premier League clash
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester United's troubled season reached a new low after a 3-1 defeat at West Ham.
Felipe Anderson's early strike, a Victor Lindelof own-goal and Marko Arnautovic's finish left United manager Jose Mourinho increasingly feeling the heat.
The drama at Old Trafford is rapidly turning into a crisis as United equalled their worst start to a Premier League season with just 10 points from their opening seven matches.
Here's how it played out:
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Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool
Eden Hazard makes it 1-0! He is very good.
It's a fantastic team move to set Hazard away in the left channel and he fires a low shot across Alisson to find the only part of the goal he can score in.
39: Liverpool have responded well and work the ball to Mane at the back post. You think he is about to run onto it and volley at goal, but instead he brings it down then tries to work it to Robertson but the ball goes out of play.
32: What a block off the line!
Salah is played behind the defence and rounds Kepa but is forced away from goal and to an angle. From the right he rolls a shot on target towards a vacant net, but Rudiger is on hand just in time to clear off the line. That's as good as a goal.
39: Mane does the right thing, in Liverpool's eyes, and brings down Hazard as he races away on a counter attack inside his own half. Proper taking one for the team there
42: Liverpool are putting together some really good moves but there's always a bit missing at the end. Whether it's a pass or a shot, it's just not there.
44: Mane goes for the spectacular and attempts a bicycle kick after touching down Alexander-Arnold's cross. Milner is livid as it seems that the ball was intended to find him free at the back post.
Salah's woes
Things started well for Liverpool and Salah twice failed to test Kepa with curling efforts from the edge of the area, the kind he scores when he is in his best form. He also went close when he rounded the goalkeeper and tried to score, and he would have but for Rudiger's impressive block off the line.
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