Manchester meltdown as United and City both slip up
West Brom shock champions at Old Trafford, while Aston Villa send Manuel Pellegrini's men home with tails between their legs
West Bromwich Albion deepened the gloom around new Manchester United manager David Moyes with a sensational 2-1 win at Old Trafford in the Premier League yesterday.
A week on from their 4-1 derby humiliation at Manchester City, United were looking to return to winning ways in the league but instead slumped to a defeat that left the champions 12th in the standings.
On-loan Marseille winger Morgan Amalfitano put West Brom ahead with an exquisite individual goal in the 54th minute, picking the ball up on halfway and nutmegging Rio Ferdinand before insouciantly dinking the ball over goalkeeper David de Gea.
You’re always going to have bad results. It is how you deal with them
Wayne Rooney equalised three minutes later with a free kick, only for 20-year-old midfielder Saido Berahino to restore West Brom's lead with a fierce left-foot drive.
Steve Clarke's side held on for a victory that means United have now made their worst ever start to a Premier League season.
Asked if West Brom had deserved to win, Moyes said: "I think that's right. [But] you're always going to have bad results. It is how you deal with them."
United's fans could nonetheless take a small crumb of consolation from the fact that their conquerors from last weekend fell to a 3-2 defeat at Aston Villa.