Manchester United continued its bad performances and suffered a heavy loss at home against Aston Villa 0-1 in the sixth round of the English Football League, which Manchester City - the title holder - also beat Chelsea 1-0.

Aston Villa dropped their opponent United at Old Trafford with a late goal scored by Courtney Hoss with a header in the 88th minute, after the star-studded team - led by Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo - failed to reach the guest team's net.

But a handball inside the penalty area by the same player - the scorer - gave United the opportunity to grab the equalizing point in stoppage time, but Bruno Fernandes missed the penalty kick, which was awarded in stoppage time, and knocked it over the crossbar.

Portuguese Bruno Fernandes missed a penalty kick in the 90 + 3 minute under the eyes of Cristiano Ronaldo 👀🇵🇹

Aboutrika: Solskjaer's strange behavior to deny Ronaldo a penalty kick and deprive Manchester of a tie point

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With this defeat, Manchester United missed the opportunity to rise to the top of the Premier League table, as its balance froze at 13 points in fourth place.

This defeat may be the reason for the dismissal of Manchester United coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, after two defeats the team received within a few days.

United also lost at home 0-1 against its guest West Ham United, to be eliminated from the League Cup from the third round last Wednesday.

Manchester United had suffered a humiliating 1-2 defeat against its Swiss host, Young Boys, in the first round of the Champions League group stage.

City players celebrate the goal of Jesus (Reuters)

City's revenge against Chelsea

Manchester City, led by Spanish coach Josep Guardiola, avenged their defeat against Chelsea 3 times in a row, the last of which was in the Champions League final on May 29, and won a valuable victory on Saturday at Stamford Bridge.

Gabriel Jesus scored City's winning goal in the 53rd minute.

The visitors achieved a deserved victory after pressing from the start and controlling the ball by 60 percent by separating the efforts of Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish and Phil Foden, who managed to approach the Chelsea penalty area.

Manchester City deprived rival Chelsea of ​​being at the top of the English Premier League table, as their balance froze at 13 points, with a goal difference only behind City and Liverpool, who will play later against Brentford and have an opportunity to be at the top in the event of a win or even a draw.