Watford 4-1 Man Utd: Utd suffer loss to relegation-battlers, Maguire sent off

Newly promoted Watford grabbed a spectacular 4-1 win against a struggling Manchester United side who have now suffered two defeats in their last two Premier League games.

Match Report

The hosts, who secured their first home win of the season with this result, were the better team from the off and were awarded a penalty just eight minutes in when Scott McTominay brought down Joshua King in the box.

Watford's resilience

Ismaila Sarr stepped up, but David de Gea saved the penalty before the rebound fell to Kiko Femenia, who opened the scoring. However, referee Jonathan Moss ruled out the goal as both Femenia and Aaron Wan-Bissaka had stepped into the box before Sarr took the penalty.

Moss ordered for the kick to be retaken, but Sarr failed to beat De Gea again with a weak strike that was easily stopped by the Spanish goalkeeper.

Despite wasting the opportunity to take the lead, Watford looked dominant and managed to convert their superiority into a goal through Joshua King, who broke the deadlock just before the half-hour mark.

Sarr felt relieved after doubling Watford's lead before the interval and ran towards the fans to apologise for failing to convert from the spot twice.

The Red Devils bounced back after the break, when half-time substitute Donny van de Beek pulled one back for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side in the 50th minute. The Dutchman and Anthony Martial were brought on at the break for Scott McTominay and Marcus Rashford.

Maguire red card

United piled the pressure on Watford in the remaining minutes but couldn't beat Ben Foster, while Harry Maguire received two yellow cards in a matter of seven minutes to leave the visitors down to 10 players.

While Manchester United were trying to break down Watford's defence, Watford managed to score a third through substitute Joao Pedro, who came off the bench to seal the victory two minutes into stoppage time, while Emmanuel Dennis netted a fourth in stoppage time to put the icing on the cake.

United now sit seventh in the Premier League table with 17 points, with Watford 16th on 13 points.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

7' Penalty Missed! (Sarr)

10' Ronaldo' shot stopped

18' Yellow Card! McTominay booked

27' GOAL! Watford 1-0 Man Utd (King)

42' King's header stopped

43' GOAL! Watford 2-0 Man Utd (Sarr)

49' GOAL! Watford 2-1 Man Utd (Van de Beek)

55' Bruno's shot wide out

68' Second Yellow Card! Maguire sent off

72' Ronaldo's shot wide out

78' OFFSIDE! Ronaldo’s goal disallowed

91' GOAL! Watford 3-1 Man Utd (Joao Pedro)

Line-ups

Watford XI: Foster, Sissoko, Nkoulou, Cathcart, Femenia, Cleverley, King, Masina, Bonaventure, Sarr, I. Louza

Subs: Gosling, Rose, Bachmann, W. Troost-Ekong, O. Tufan, A. Fletcher, J. Hernández, João Pedro, Ngakia

Man Utd XI: Ronaldo, Matic, De Gea, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Bruno Fernandes, Rashford, Sancho, Wan-Bissaka, McTominay

Subs: Heaton, Mata, Alex Telles, Fred, Martial, Lingard, Bailly, Van de Beek, Dalot