The last Premier League matches of 2024 were played on Monday.
Casemiro missed Manchester United’s best goal chance. PDO
Newcastle went into the last league match of the year as early favorites.
It really only had to show up at Old Trafford and Manchester United had been beaten.
Without the suspension of his captain Bruno Fernandes the home team that appeared was completely confused right from the opening kick.
With only three minutes left on the clock Lewis Hall centralized and Swedish Alexander Isak put the guests in the lead without stopping anyone.
United manager Ruben Amorim took maybe Heikki Silvennoinen honoring the memory, the look of a ton of bills and wished the earth would swallow him.
Even worse was to come because Joelinton directed by Anthony Gordon the cross was shouldered past the goalkeeper André Onanan after just under 20 minutes of play.
Amorim got a bit of a hold on the hosts at the break, so Newcastle was no longer able to score in the second period. However, the home team was not able to do that either, so the guests took the last league points of the year with a 2–0 win.
Manchester United lost no fewer than five league matches in December, which is a new Premier League record. In fact, you have to go back 62 years in history before you find an equally weak calendar month in the United archives.
Manchester United coach Rúben Amorim’s honeymoon is indeed over. PDO
On Monday, league promotion Ipswich Town also picked up their third win of the season when they beat Chelsea at home Liam Delapin (rp.) and Omari Hutchinson with goals 2–0.
Chelsea, who had a great autumn, also ran into a wall at the end of December. The Ipswich loss was already the third consecutive winless match in a row. At the same time, it has dropped from second place in the league to fourth.
The Premier League resumes on the first day of 2025 when Brentford host a home game against Arsenal.