United's barren run continues, Dortmund beaten
Monday, December 21, 2015
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Manchester United suffered their third successive defeat on a weekend when Borussia Dortmund fell eight points off the pace in Germany and Olympiacos preserved their 100% record.
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Norwich recorded their first victory at Old Trafford since 1989 as Manchester United suffered a shock 2-1 home defeat on Saturday, and there was a shock too for fellow UEFA Europa League last-32 hopefuls Liverpool as they lost 3-0 at Watford 24 hours later.
Louis van Gaal's United – now winless in six games in all competitions – dropped to fifth in the Premier League, with Liverpool in ninth. Elsewhere, second-placed Borussia Dortmund fell eight points behind Bundesliga leaders Bayern München heading into the winter break after going down 2-1 at Köln.
UEFA.com surveys the UEFA Europa League round of 32 contenders' weekend results.
MONDAY
SUNDAY
Atalanta 1-3 Napoli
Athletic Club 2-0 Levante
Bordeaux 1-1 Marseille
Club Brugge 1-4 Anderlecht
Fiorentina 2-0 Chievo
Gençlerbirliği 0-1 Fenerbahçe
Galatasaray 3-2 Akhisar
Internazionale Milano 1-2 Lazio
Porto 3-1 Académica
St-Étienne 1-0 Angers
Real Sociedad 0-2 Villarreal
União 1-0 Sporting CP
Watford 3-0 Liverpool
SATURDAY
Betis 0-0 Sevilla
Hamburg 0-1 Augsburg
Ingolstadt 0-1 Leverkusen
Kalloni 0-2 Olympiacos
Köln 2-1 Dortmund
Manchester United 1-2 Norwich
Southampton 0-2 Tottenham
Valencia 2-2 Getafe
FRIDAY
The following sides are on their respective winter breaks: Basel, Krasnodar, Lokomotiv Moskva, Midtjylland, Rapid Wien, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sion, Sparta Praha.
Molde – the 2015 Norwegian Premier Division concluded on 8 November