Ruben Amorim tasted defeat at Old Trafford for the first time as Nottingham Forest secured a memorable double of away Premier League scalps.
United ship three in home defeat
Ruben Amorim's Manchester United tenure suffered a first home setback in a 3-2 defeat to Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford.
Forest scored with all three shots on target to claim another major scalp having also won at Anfield earlier in the campaign. The result lifts them back to fifth in the Premier League table.
Rasmus Hojlund levelled for United with a well-taken rebound after Forest had struck inside two minutes, but two goals at the beginning of the second half set Forest on course for victory.
Bruno Fernandes gave the home side hope with a smart finish on the hour but was substituted later in the game as Amorim tried everything in search of an equaliser that never came.
Lewis sees red as City drop more points
Manchester City twice came from behind in a 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace in a further blow to their fading title prospects.
Goals from Erling Haaland and Rico Lewis were enough for the champions to claw their way to a point, but hopes of a winner were undermined by Lewis's red card on 84 minutes.
That allowed Palace to see out a deserved draw (xG 1.30 - 1.41) which leaves City eight points adrift of Liverpool, who now have a game in hand following the postponement of the Merseyside derby.
Buzzing Bees hit four
Brentford smashed four past Newcastle to extend their stunning home form into mid-December with a 4-2 win.
Twice in the first half, Brentford were pegged back soon after they'd gone ahead, but Nathan Collins' goal on 56 minutes put them back on course for three points which were sealed by a late Kevin Schade goal.
It means Newcastle are winless in four since returning from the international break and have conceded seven goals in their last two Premier League matches, leaving them 12th in the table.
Brentford are all the way up to sixth having started the day in 11th and remain atop the home standings, having won seven and drawn one at the Gtech Community Stadium.
Super sub starts it off
Jhon Duran took advantage of a starting opportunity to fire the winner for Aston Villa in a 1-0 victory over Southampton.
Duran struck midway through the first half and while Villa were not at their best thereafter, they didn't need to be against an insipid Saints team who failed to create chances.
Villa could have had more (xG 2.35 - 0.44) but settled instead for a close yet not especially close home win, in turn closing the gap on fourth-placed Man City to two points.
The pair meet at Villa Park in a fortnight.
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