The fight to finish in the Champions League qualification positions is far from over after David De Gea’s latest mistake in another away loss for Manchester United.
Away wins are proving much harder to come by for United — and it’s keeping the battle for Champions League qualification interesting.
It’s just one in six road trips for Erik ten Hag’s fragile team, which lost 1-0 at West Ham just three days after a defeat by the same score at Brighton on a 99th-minute penalty.
West Ham’s winner came much earlier, with De Gea somehow allowing a weak shot by Said Benrahma from outside the area to dribble past his outstretched arm and slowly into the net in the 27th.
No Premier League player has made more errors leading to goals this season than De Gea’s four, according to the competition’s stats supplier, Opta. De Gea also made a big mistake at Sevilla as United slumped to defeat in the Europa League quarterfinals last month.
United stayed in fourth, two points behind third-place Newcastle.
Liverpool, which is in fifth place and a point back from United, was the big winner Sunday, though has played one game more.
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