Casemiro was sent off as Manchester United cemented their grip on third place with a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on Saturday.

In the seventh minute, United were awarded a penalty after VAR showed Will Hughes handled Marcus Rashford’s cross, with Bruno Fernandes coolly converting from the spot.

Rashford struck in the 62nd minute with a composed finish from Luke Shaw’s cross.
United were reduced to 10 men in the 70th minute when Brazil midfielder Casemiro grabbed Will Hughes by the throat.

Crystal Palace forward, Jeff Schlupp’s 76th minute strike set up a tense finish but United held on to win six successive home league games for the first time since 2017.

Meanwhile, Leicester twice came from behind to win 4-2 at Aston Villa.

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Villa went ahead after 10 minutes through Ollie Watkins, but James Maddison levelled two minutes later.

Unai Emery’s men regained the lead with a 32nd minute own goal from Leicester debutant Harry Souttar.

But Leicester equalised again in the 41st minute through Kelechi Iheanacho and Tete netted on his debut in first half stoppage-time before Dennis Praet wrapped up the points in the 79th minute.

Brentford climbed to seventh place and pushed bottom of the table Southampton deeper into trouble with a 3-0 win at the Community Stadium, the goals coming from Ben Mee, Bryan Mbeumo and Mathias Jensen.

Kaoru Mitoma’s 87th minute header gave sixth placed Brighton a 1-0 victory against second bottom Bournemouth.

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