Saturday's Premier League results and roundup: Man United strengthen grip on third, as Bournemouth, Brighton boost Champions League hopes

Manchester United strengthened their grip connected 3rd spot successful the Premier League table connected Saturday day with a goalless draw against Sunderland.

Meanwhile, some Brighton & Hove Albion and Bournemouth boosted their hopes of securing Champions League qualification with wins implicit Wolverhampton Wanderers and Fulham respectively.

Sunderland 0-0 Man United: Red Devils fortify grip connected 3rd presumption with goalless draw

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Man United person maintained a six-point spread implicit fourth-placed Liverpool successful the Premier League array courtesy of a goalless gully astatine Sunderland connected Saturday.

Liverpool drew 1-1 with Chelsea earlier successful the afternoon, meaning that a triumph for Man United astatine the Stadium of Light would person moved them 8 points supra their bitter rivals and ensured a top-three decorativeness heading into their last 2 games.

However, the Red Devils were held to a goalless gully by the Black Cats, who beryllium 12th successful the part with 48 points to amusement from their 36 matches.

Man United goalkeeper Senne Lammens made a fantastic prevention to support retired Sunderland's Noah Sadiki successful the champion accidental of the archetypal period, portion Man United's lone changeable connected people came done Matheus Cunha successful second-half stoppage time.

The Red Devils volition present instrumentality connected Nottingham Forest and Brighton successful their last 2 matches of the campaign, with an announcement connected Michael Carrick's aboriginal believed to beryllium imminent, but the decision-makers volition present find it hard to determination distant from the Englishman.

Fulham 0-1 Bournemouth: Rayan hits victor arsenic Cherries boost Champions League hopes

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Bournemouth moved to wrong 3 points of fifth-placed Aston Villa courtesy of a 1-0 occurrence implicit Fulham astatine Craven Cottage connected Saturday afternoon.

The Cherries were reduced to 10 men successful the 41st infinitesimal of the match, with Ryan Christie sent disconnected for a mediocre situation connected Timothy Castagne.

However, Fulham's Joachim Andersen past received his marching orders precocious successful the archetypal play for a reckless tackle connected Adrien Truffert.

The lone extremity of the lucifer came successful the 53rd minute, with breathtaking endowment Rayan, who could play for Brazil astatine the 2026 World Cup, firing 1 into the backmost of the nett from distance.

Bournemouth person present extended their unbeaten tally successful the Premier League to 16 games - the longest tally successful Europe's apical 5 leagues.

Andoni Iraola's broadside beryllium sixth successful the part up of their last 2 league fixtures of the season, portion Fulham are 11th, present 5 points down seventh-placed Brighton connected a damaging Saturday for Marco Silva's team.

Brighton 3-0 Wolves: Seagulls successful red-hot signifier to boost chances of Champions League finish

19 - Wolves are conscionable the 2nd squad (after Sheffield United successful 2023-24) to suffer against each different squad successful a azygous Premier League campaign. Complete. #BHAWOL

Brighton enactment connected a amusement against Wolves astatine Molineux connected Saturday afternoon, moving retired 3-0 winners implicit the squad astatine the bottommost of the Premier League table.

Jack Hinshelwood and Lewis Dunk some scored wrong the archetypal 5 minutes to enactment Brighton ahead, earlier Yankuba Minteh netted a 3rd for the Seagulls successful the second stages.

The effect has near Brighton successful seventh spot successful the Premier League table, 2 points down sixth-placed Bournemouth and 5 from Aston Villa successful fifth.

Sixth could beryllium capable to suffice for adjacent season's Champions League, meaning that determination is simply a genuine accidental of top-level European enactment for Brighton adjacent term.

Wolves, though, stay connected conscionable 3 Premier League wins for the campaign, with the strugglers rooted to the bottommost of the part connected 18 points from 36 matches.

Brighton volition present spell to Leeds knowing that European shot for adjacent play is open, earlier welcoming Man United successful the last matchday of the campaign.