Watford 3 Manchester United 1: Utd suffers third consecutive defeats

Manchester United suffered their third defeat in a week as late goals from Juan Zuniga and Troy Deeney gave Watford a deserved Premier League win.

The hosts led when Etienne Capoue converted Daryl Janmaat's cut-back, only for Marcus Rashford to level from close range.

Zuniga powered in with seven minutes to go, 53 seconds after coming on.

And Deeney then scored a penalty in injury time after Marouane Fellaini fouled Zuniga in the box.

The hosts - who have beaten United for the first time in 30 years - started quickly and Odion Ighalo squandered a golden opportunity to open the scoring after a mix-up between David de Gea and Chris Smalling presented the Watford striker with an open goal, but he somehow fired wide.

David de Gea and Chris Smalling collided, presenting Odion Ighalo with a golden opportunity
De Gea then saved well from Deeney before United carved out their first opportunity, only for Zlatan Ibrahimovic to shoot wide from six yards.

Paul Pogba, playing alongside Wayne Rooney and Fellaini in a midfield three, struck the crossbar with a superb long-range effort but just as the visitors were growing into the game, Watford went in front.


Key Opta stats:

- Manchester United scored their 800th Premier League away goal; 96 more than any other team.

- Marcus Rashford (10) has scored more goals in all competitions for Manchester United than any other player since his debut in February.

- It is the first time Mourinho has lost three games in a row as a manager since August 2006, when he was in his first spell at Chelsea.

- Capoue has scored four goals from just five shots on target in the Premier League this season.

- Zuniga's goal was the fastest by a substitute since Liverpool striker Divock Origi's (37 seconds) against Aston Villa in February.

- Since his debut in August 2014, Daryl Janmaat has provided more assists in the Premier League than any other defender (11).