In the first defeat since taking office, Manchester United presented itself again from the point of view of interim coach Ralf Rangnick as in the weeks before he took office.

The English record champions suffered a serious setback on Monday evening at home with the 0-1 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers and are currently only seventh in the Premier League, 22 points behind leaders Manchester City.

"If, looking at today's performance, I say that we are 100 percent convinced that we will finish fourth, I don't know whether people believe that," said Rangnick on Monday evening with a view to the race for the Champions League. Places.

“I knew it was going to be difficult.

That's why they came for me, "added the 63-year-old.

It was clear to him that it would not be easy to find a balance between offensive and defensive.

"We showed the same problems as the team had three or four weeks before I came," said Rangnick, who succeeds Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer.

Most recently there was an upswing with eight games without a loss.

It is not easy to develop a DNA with and without a ball, explained Rangnick.

“Today's game showed that there are still a few more steps to be taken.” The hosts were unlucky when Bruno Fernandes struck the crossbar after 67 minutes, and Joao Moutinho scored the winning goal for Wolverhampton in the 81st minute.

Cristiano Ronaldo as captain

United slipped to seventh place in the Premier League table.

The Cristiano Ronaldo appointed by Rangnick as captain this time largely ineffective.

Under Rangnick, the Red Devils had been unbeaten since the beginning of December, but had also disappointed in the 1-1 draw at Newcastle United before the turn of the year.

In the 96th meeting of the two traditional clubs, it was the 34th success for the Wolves with 17 draws and 45 wins for the English record champions. For Wolverhampton, who improved to eighth place in the table with the surprise success (28 points), it was the first match since December 19, because the games against Watford and Arsenal FC were canceled due to the corona.

Meanwhile, Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku admitted in a conversation with coach Thomas Tuchel, according to a media report, that his controversial television interview in Italy was a mistake. As the TV broadcaster Sky Sports reported on Tuesday, the Belgian national soccer player will not leave Chelsea FC in the two transfer windows this winter or summer. The club from the English Premiere League has not yet commented on the conversation between the top striker and the German coach that took place on Monday, according to the media.

In the interview with the Italian branch of Sky Sports, which was recorded a few weeks ago but first aired last Thursday, Lukaku said he was dissatisfied with his role at the club and would like to return to Inter Milan in the near future. The 28-year-old had complained about too little time and indirectly criticized Tuchel.

But now, according to the report, Lukaku admitted that he should not have made these comments. They had led to Tuchel removing him from the squad at the home game against Jürgen Klopps FC Liverpool (2-2) last Sunday. A departure from Chelsea was never discussed in the conversation with Tuchel, it said at Sky Sports. Lukaku had only moved from Milan to London last summer. With an estimated equivalent of around 115 million euros, it is the most expensive transfer in Chelsea's club history.

The French top club Paris Saint-Germain meanwhile reached the round of 16 in the cup with more effort than expected. The star ensemble around three-time goalscorer Kylian Mbappé came on Monday at the fourth division club Vannes OC to a lackluster 4-0 (1-0). Even if several top performers such as Lionel Messi or the former Bayern professional Juan Bernat were absent due to positive corona tests and the Brazilian Neymar due to injury, PSG still had a powerful team.

Presnel Kimpembe (29th) and three times Mbappé (59th, 71st and 77th) scored the victory. In the final minute, Vannes was denied the supposed honorary goal. The ball seemed to be behind the goal line before Gianluigi Donnarumma parried. There was no goal-line technique. The German international Thilo Kehrer was one of the first team at PSG, but was replaced in the second half with an injury.

Sevilla FC took advantage of Real Madrid's slip and are up to five points from the record champions in the Spanish league.

The six-time Europa League winner won the Andalusian duel at FC Cadiz 1-0 (1-0) on Monday.

Sevilla, for whom Lucas Ocampos scored in the 58th minute, have played one game less than Los Blancos, who surprisingly lost 1-0 at Getafe FC on Sunday.