London: Chelsea suffered its first defeat in the English Football League against its host Ipswich since 1993, with a score of 0-2 on Monday in the nineteenth round of the English Football League, while Manchester United continued its decline with a new defeat, this time at home to Newcastle 0-2.
Chelsea entered the match on the back of a defeat at home to its neighbor Fulham 1 2 in the last stage, after a series of 12 consecutive matches without defeat in all competitions.
Then, on Monday, it suffered its fourth defeat of the season, leaving its score frozen at 35 points in fourth place, 10 points behind leaders Liverpool, which won on Sunday against its host West Ham 5-0.
On the other hand, Ipswich, returning to the senior league for the first time since 2002, achieved its third win of the season and its first in the Premier League at home since April 24, 2002, when it beat Middlesbrough 1-0, moving up a place and becoming eighteenth with 15 points, one point away from the safety zone. .
The start was not good at all for Chelsea against a team that had not lost to it since August 21, 1993 (0-1 in the Premier League) and faced it for the first time since a 7-0 sweep in the cup competition in early 2011, as the Italian coach Enzo Maresca’s team found itself behind since In the 12th minute, a penalty kick was taken by Liam Delap from the Swedish-Danish goalkeeper, Philipp Jorgensen, and he executed it himself, giving his team its first goal against… The Blues at the league level since November 4, 2001 (1 2).
Cole Palmer was very close to equalizing for the visitors from a free kick, but the post saved Ipswich (21), then the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) intervened to cancel a goal for Marisca scored by the Portuguese Joao Felix, returning to the starting lineup, for offside (24).
Palmer was very close to the equalizer before the whistle blew at the end of the first half, but goalkeeper Christian Walten excelled in stopping the ball he fired from the outskirts of the area (1 + 45).
With the beginning of the second half, the features of Chelsea’s fourth defeat began to take shape when they conceded the second goal through their former player, Omari Hutchinson, who received the ball from Delap after a mistake by Frenchman Axel Desasi, and he shot it into the left corner (53).
Ipswich seemed determined to emerge victorious by not retreating to the defense and threatening their guest’s goal on more than one occasion, whether through Welshman Nathan Broadhead or Delap, while Chelsea seemed unable to reach the goal despite the entry of Senegalese Nicholas Jackson, Jaydon Sancho and Portuguese Pedro Neto, so the score remained the same until the whistle. the end.
Another defeat for United
At Old Trafford, nothing has changed for Manchester United despite replacing Dutch coach Erik Ten Hag with Portuguese Ruben Amorim, as it suffered a fourth defeat in a row and the first in its stronghold against Newcastle at the league level since December 2013 (0-1). With two clean goals.
United played the match against the backdrop of being eliminated from the League Cup quarter-finals, losing to its host Tottenham 3-4, then falling at home to Portmouth 3-0 and at Wolverhampton Stadium 0-2 in the last two stages.
United suffered its sixth defeat in its eleventh match under the leadership of the former Sporting coach in all competitions, and the ninth overall in the league, freezing its score at 22 points in fourteenth place, while Newcastle raised its score to 32 points in fifth place with its fourth victory in a row and ninth for the season.
Thus, United ended the year in the worst possible way, with the possibility of things getting worse at the beginning of the new year, as they visit leaders Liverpool on Sunday.
After completely missing the last four matches for sporting reasons, Marcus Rashford returned to the Manchester United squad and sat on the bench without playing in a match that Portuguese captain Bruno Fernandes missed because he was sent off in the last stage against Wolverhampton.
United lost the match in its first minutes, as they fell behind from the fourth minute on a header by Swede Alexander Isaac after a cross from Lewis Hall. Then the matter became more complicated for the Amorim team after they conceded a second goal in the 19th minute, in a similar manner to the first, with a header by Brazilian Joelinton after a cross from Anthony Gordon. .
Newcastle knew how to maintain this advantage until the end, despite Amorim resorting to Argentine Alejandro Garnacho, Kobe Maino, and Brazilian Anthony in search of returning the result to no avail.
At Villa Park, Aston Villa, fourth last season, settled for a point in its match and its guest, Brighton, tied with them with two goals by Ollie Watkins (36 from a penalty kick) and Morgan Rodgers (47) versus two goals by Ivorian Simon Adingra (12) and Ghanaian Tarrick Lamptey (81). .
