leaving the beleaguered Frank under mounting scrutiny<\/a>. <\/p>\nWith the game still scoreless in the 29th minute, Romero – who has been vocal in his criticism of Tottenham\u2019s owners lately – was dismissed after lunging in to catch Casemiro on the ankle. <\/p>\n
Bryan Mbeumo swept United ahead from a clever corner routine in the 38th minute. Bruno Fernandes\u2019 close-range finish in the 81st minute ended an eight-game winless run against Tottenham for United, who cemented their hold on fourth place in the race to qualify for next season\u2019s Champions League. <\/p>\n
Tottenham’s head coach Thomas Frank. AP Photo\/Jon SuperSource: AP<\/p>\n
Another damaging defeat for Frank left Tottenham in 14th place — just six points above the relegation zone — as their winless league run in 2026 extended to seven matches. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt is what it is. We need to deal with it,\u201d Frank said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCristian clearly goes for the ball. Unfortunately, the way the rules are, it becomes a red. He apologised to his team-mates.\u201d<\/p>\n
Romero has now been sent off six times since his Spurs debut in August 2021, more than any other Premier League player in the competition during that period.<\/p>\n
Former Spurs captain Michael Dawson said on Sky Sports\u2019 Soccer Saturday: \u201cIt\u2019s an absolute nightmare for Thomas Frank.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a disaster for Thomas Frank. As a manager, you\u2019re sitting in 14th and you\u2019re going, \u2018my captain has come out and said this\u2019. Now he leaves his team down to 10 men.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m baffled. As a captain, you\u2019re supposed to lead by example. You leave your team vulnerable, 10 men at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour losing your captain and one of your best players. He\u2019s let his team down again today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Interim boss Carrick is making his case for the permanent job after masterminding an impressive turnaround since Ruben Amorim was sacked in January. <\/p>\n
Cole Palmer scored a first-half hat-trick as fifth-placed Chelsea won 3-1 at bottom of the table Wolves.<\/p>\n
Palmer scored penalties in the 13th and 35th minutes, then completed his hat-trick with a lethal finish in the 38th minute.<\/p>\n
Toluwalase Arokodare got one back for Wolves in the 54th minute. West Ham improved their hopes of avoiding relegation and pushed Burnley closer to the drop with a 2-0 win at Turf Moor. <\/p>\n
The Hammers struck first through Crysencio Summerville in the 13th minute and Valentin Castellanos bagged their second in the 26th minute. <\/p>\n
Nuno Espirto Santo\u2019s third-bottom side are three points behind fourth-bottom Nottingham Forest, while second-bottom Burnleyare 11 points from safety after 16 games without a win. <\/p>\n
Brentford dealt a huge blow to Newcastle\u2019s hopes of qualifying for Europe with a 3-2 win at St James\u2019 Park.<\/p>\n
Dango Ouattara\u2019s 85th-minute winner consigned Newcastle to a fourth defeat in their last five games in all competitions, leaving them languishing in 12th place. <\/p>\n
Everton won 2-1 at Fulham thanks to an own goal from Cottagers keeper Bernd Leno in the 83rd minute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal moved nine points clear at the top of the Premier League with a 3-0 victory against Sunderland,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-465096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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