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With a 3-2 victory over Brentford, Liverpool fell to a fourth successive Premier League defeat.

The Bees, who are now 10th in the table, won thanks to goals from Dango Ouattara, Kevin Schade, and Igor Thiago.

READ MORE: Cunha Scores First Man Utd Goal In Brighton’s Win Over.

As a result of their spectacular title defense, Liverpool fall to sixth place and could be seven points adrift of Arsenal’s leaders by Sunday.

With a transfer budget of nearly £450 million ($600 million), Arne Slot appears to be lost for ideas on how to build a cohesive team from a Premier League record spend of nearly £450 million ($600 million). The Reds have lost five of their last six games in all competitions.

Alexander Isak missed out on a crucial game due to a groin injury, but Mohamed Salah did so on Wednesday, breaking their four-game losing streak, that was decided by Slot.

The long throw-in tactic, which has become common throughout the Premier League this season, has been a staple at Brentford for a long time.

The opening goal came from Michael Kayode’s throw-ins, which Liverpool struggled to control throughout the entire night.

Ouattara volleyed in after Kristoffer Ajer flicked on the Italian’s wicked delivery.

Florian Wirtz should have scored his first goal for Liverpool when the £100 million signing fired wide from inside the area. The Liverpool display displayed lifelike flickers.

Liverpool’s collapse

But they remained the greater goal threat despite Brentford’s lack of possession.

Mikkel Damsgaard’s dipping strike was overshadowed by Giorgi Mamardashvili.

With a brilliant through ball, Damsgaard then gave Brentford the lead before Schade left Ibrahima Konate in front before firing low past Mamardashvili.

In six of their nine league games thus far this season, Liverpool have now conceded at least twice.

Milos Kerkez’s struggles since moving to Liverpool for a $40 million have a significant impact on the club’s decline.

Five minutes into the first half, the Hungarian made amends for another shaky performance by turning in Conor Bradley’s cross.

Brentford grew furious after the referee ordered an additional three minutes.

However, the home side gained when Virgil van Dijk’s kick on Ouattara on the hour mark was punished by a VAR intervention.

Initial reports suggested the Liverpool captain had a free kick, but replays revealed that he had made contact with the area just inside.

After another disjointed and dispirited performance from the defending champions, Thiago sent Mamardashvili the wrong way, leaving Liverpool without a chance to recover.

Sepp van den Berg’s desire to “throw his body in the direction of his shot with the chance to pull a goal back right away” denied Salah.

In the 89th minute, the Egyptian did end his six-game goal drought at club level in spectacular fashion by dominating Dominik Szoboszlai’s cross and striking off the underside of the bar.

Despite conceding his fourth Serie A goal, Kevin de Bruyne suffered a broken wrist, which allowed Napoli to stop their downward trend and advance to the top of the table.

READ MORE: Cunha Scores First Man Utd Goal In Brighton’s Win Over.

When AC Milan and Pisa drew on Friday night, the leadership door was open, moving up 17 points.

Following a timely victory at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Napoli are now one point clear of the leaders.

Napoli had been struggling, losing two of their previous three Serie A games, including a defeat against AC Milan, before coming under pressure with a 6-2 humiliation at PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday.

In front of their own home crowd, they responded.

Giovanni Di Lorenzo was brought down by Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the penalty area after 33 minutes.

Before De Bruyne came up to convert the penalty, Mkhitaryan injured himself during the challenge.

The Belgian’s fourth league goal of his debut for Italy came in this one.

He had already converted a free kick and twice from the penalty spot.

The Belgian, 34, was helped off the field before play started and strained a hamstring after scoring.

After 54 minutes, Scott McTominay hit the ball from the edge of the box to double the lead.

Five minutes later, Lautaro Martinez’s cross was blocked by Alessandro Buongiorno, who had an arm blocked Hakan Calhanoglu’s reflexes.

After 67 minutes, Andre-Frank Anguissa added a third for Napoli.

Inter Milan could share the lead with Napoli in the race to earn a spot spot next to Roma when they travel to Sassuolo on Sunday.

As Ruben Amorim’s revitalized side rolled to a 4-2 victory against Brighton on Saturday following Matthew Cunha’s first goal for Manchester United.

READ MORE: Sunderland vs. Chelsea To Go Second, and Newcastle vs. Fulham

After moving from Wolves to start paying off his £62.5 million ($83 million) transfer fee in the first half, Brazilian forward Cunha scored in the first half to start paying his £62.5 million ($83 million) transfer fee. He has now played eight games without scoring in all competitions.

Before the break, Casemiro doubled United’s lead, and Bryan Mbeumo scored the winning goal.

For Brighton to salvage a point, it was a late goal from Danny Welbeck against his former club and a stoppage-time effort from Charalampos Kostoulas.

Under Amorim’s successor Erik ten Hag, Mbeumo scored a third successive Premier League victory at the death to give United three straight victories for the first time since February 2024.

United’s confident display was in line with their momentum from last weekend’s win over Liverpool and Sunderland, which were their first victories at Anfield since 2016.

Much-Needed Boost

After a difficult start to the season, Amorim had a much-needed boost thanks to that team’s 2-1 victory over the Premier League champions.

Now that United have won the Premier League, they are now in fourth place ahead of the rest of the weekend’s fixtures.

In all competitions, Brighton had won in six of their previous eight games against United and had won in three of those three games.

Despite the absence of Harry Maguire, the match-winning hero, in the injured lineup, United put an end to that shocking sequence.

The Portugal midfielder should have scored the opening goal of the game when Bruno Fernandes, who is now in his 300th game for United, should have signaled the occasion.

Unmarked from close range, United’s captain Fernandes dragged his header wide with the only goal available.

United Clinical

In the 24th minute, Fernandes and Casemiro scored a sweet strike that gave Bart Verbruggen no chance as it raced into the far corner, paying tribute to Amorim’s team’s early barrage.

More than any other Premier League player in any other division has scored seven goals outside of the area since the start of the current season.

In the 34th minute, Casemiro added his Brazilian counterpart to the score sheet.

Casemiro needed a little luck to net for the second time this term if Cunha’s goal was superbly crafted and finished.

Verbruggen was caught wrong-footed as it spooked Brighton’s Yasin Ayari with a wicked deflection from Casemiro’s shot as it scurried uncontrollably over the line.

After posting their worst top-flight performance since 1973-74 last year, United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe recently announced that the under-fire Amorim would receive three years to regain control of the organization.

While some questioned Ratcliffe’s commitment to his word if United kept struggling, Amorim would have been happy to see his employer cheering and clapping as the hosts took control.

At halftime, United had a 2-0 lead at Old Trafford, which is never a Premier League loss.

Mbeumo ensured that statistic would continue when the Cameroon forward scored in the 61st minute to Brighton’s dismay, who claimed Luke Shaw had a foul in the build-up.

Mbeumo’s fourth goal came after his close-season move from Brentford, keeping the momentum up from his previous effort against Liverpool.

United’s nerves began to jangle when Welbeck delivered a superb free kick in the 74th minute.

After James Milner’s corner came in the final few seconds, their hearts began to race even faster.

Mbeumo, however, sprinted onto Fernandes’ pass and fired home via the crossbar with the final kick to quench the growing anxiety.

Nigeria defeated minnows Samoa 4-0 to advance to the last 16 of the 2025 U-17 Women’s World Cup. The team put on a strong performance on Saturday.

Read more about Rivers United vs. Black Bulls and the Champions League group stage match.

The Flamingos, one of the best losers, won with a brace from Queen Joseph, one from Azeezat Oduntan, and one from Shakirat Moshood, who added one more to their overall record.

Prior to Group D’s clash with Samoa, Coach Bankole Olowookere’s girls lost to Canada and France in their opening two games.

Nigeria had to score at least two goals against the Oceania side to advance to the next stage.

They did it in style, with Joseph, who was only 13 minutes into the game when he found the net.

Moshood scored the West Africans in Morocco two minutes before the half-hour mark.

After a VAR review, she converted from the spot and fired the wrong way at Samoa’s goalkeeper.

By the time it was 34 minutes, Tabitha Terlumu had provided a brilliant assist to finish Joseph’s brace.

Just two minutes into the second half, Moshood would have scored her brace.

Grace Ae, a Samoan goalkeeper, saved her penalty in the 47th minute, though.

However, in the 68th minute, Oduntan made a stunning strike that sent the ball into the top corner.

The Flamingos put forth a fifth goal attempt on numerous occasions.

But they were able to advance to the Round of 16 by winning the game by 0-4. With a +3 goal difference, Nigeria came to an end.

With a 2-1 victory over France, Canada took the lead in Group D, placing Nigeria third.

Following a 3-1 victory over Mozambique’s Black Bulls at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Rovers United advanced to the 2025/2026 CAF Champions League group stage.

On aggregate, they made the qualifying score of 3-2.

READ MORE: Rivers United Loses USMA, Crash Out Of CAF Confederation Cup

Moctar Diallo’s second-half goal earned the Nigerian team a 1-0 defeat over the Mozambican champions at the Estádio Nacional do Zimpeto in Maputo on Sunday.

Rivers United now had to climb a mountain before the second leg of the second round of a tie.

Coach George Finidi’s men lived up to their expectations by winning 3-1 to advance 3-2 on aggregate to the next stage of the continental competition.

Just fifteen minutes into the game, Wasiu Falolu scored the winning goal.

Maclyn Biokpo doubled the Port-Harcourt-based team’s scoreline just before the 45th minute.

The visitors received one back from Moctar Diallo upon the restart of the second half.

With the score tied at 2-2 overall, Finidi’s side needed a goal to put things together.

In the 76th minute, Timothy Zachariah took the lead and finished superbly, leading his team 3-1 overall and 3-1 overall.

Newcastle also struck late on Saturday to defeat Fulham 2-1, while Slovenia moved up to second in the Premier League with Chemsdine Talbi’s stoppage-time winner.

The Black Cats are already looking set to reverse the trend of promoted teams being immediately relegated to the Championship after returning to the Premier League for the first time in eight years.

READ MORE: Sunderland Promoted to Premier League After Late Winner Against Sheffield United

When Alejandro Garnacho scored his first goal for Chelsea after just four minutes, it appeared as though they would finish second in the table.

The Blues’ lack of invention in the final third was despite the surprising bench substitution of Brazilian wonder kid Estevao and Cole Palmer’s injury-related drop.

Wilson Isidor headed in from close range for Sunderland after Chelsea was unable to clear a long throw-in.

Despite Estevao’s introduction at the hour mark, the visitors comfortably held the Club World Cup winners at bay in the second period.

In the 93rd minute, Sunderland unleashed the sucker punch into the bottom corner with a perfect curl from Brian Brobbey.

Chelsea is currently seventh place, with any chance of a title challenge quickly fading as a result.

Bruno Guimaraes’ 90th-minute strike at St. James’ Park gave Newcastle the much-needed league win.

The Magpies took a first-half lead thanks to an error made by Calvin Bassey, who had already beaten Murphy.

Just before the hour mark, Sasa Lukic headed home Fulham’s equalizer.

However, Marco Silva’s men lost by four wickets in a row, leaving them just above the relegation zone.

After William Osula’s first effort was saved by Bernd Leno, Guimaraes snuck home the rebound, earning only Newcastle’s third league win of the season, Guimaraes won.