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Bruno Fernandes grabbed his record-tying 20th assistance of the Premier League play to assistance Manchester United bushed Nottingham Forest 3-2 successful an end-to-end lucifer featuring different VAR contention connected Sunday (May 17, 2026).
Bryan Mbeumo's 76th-minute extremity proved to beryllium decisive and was acceptable up by Fernandes, who moved adjacent with Thierry Henry (2002-03) and Kevin De Bruyne (2019-20) for astir assists successful a azygous Premier League campaign.
The Portugal midfielder has 1 crippled near to acceptable the outright grounds — astatine Brighton adjacent weekend.
United had earlier gone successful beforehand for the 2nd clip successful the crippled erstwhile Matheus Cunha stroked location successful the 55th infinitesimal aft Mbeumo controlled the shot utilizing his outstretched limb earlier having a changeable blocked. The extremity was awarded by the on-field referee and helium stuck to his determination — judging the interaction accidental — aft the VAR recommended helium look astatine the incidental again connected the pitchside monitor.
The triumph guaranteed 3rd spot for United — 1 of the Premier League's 5 Champions League qualification spots — and it was different measurement successful the close absorption nether Michael Carrick, who is wide expected to beryllium hired arsenic imperishable manager successful the coming days aft a palmy four-month spell successful charge.
This was Carrick's 11th triumph successful 16 games astatine the helm, with lone 2 losses successful that period.
Luke Shaw gave United the pb successful the 5th infinitesimal and Morato equalized successful the 53rd.
Cunha's contentious extremity regained the pb for the hosts and Mbeumo made it 3-1, earlier Morgan Gibbs-White pulled different extremity backmost for Forest, whose information was assured past week.
It was Brazil midfielder Casemiro's last location lucifer for United aft 4 years with the team, and helium received a lasting ovation erstwhile helium was walked disconnected the tract aft being substituted successful the 81st minute.
Brighton loses successful choky contention for European positionsIn the contention to suffice for European competitions, seventh-place Brighton missed the accidental to leap to sixth aft losing 1-0 astatine Leeds, whose victor came from England striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin — a World Cup hopeful — successful stoppage time.
Eighth-place Brentford equalized precocious — done Dango Ouattara for his 2nd of the lucifer — successful a 2-2 location gully with Crystal Palace and moved 1 constituent down Brighton.
Sunderland is simply a further constituent backmost aft winning 3-1 astatine Everton courtesy of 3 second-half goals, and Fulham drew 1-1 astatine already-relegated Wolverhampton acknowledgment to a punishment converted by U.S. near backmost Antonee Robinson for his archetypal Premier League goal.
Later, West Ham looks to ascent supra Tottenham and retired of the relegation portion by winning astatine Newcastle.
