In the next match, United visited Southampton on 27 August. This was United's first league win against Liverpool since March 2018. Jadon Sancho scored 15 minutes into the first half and Marcus Rashford early in the second, before Mohamed Salah scored a consolation goal that made him the fixture's outright top scorer with 10 goals. On 22 August, United achieved their first league victory of the season, a 2–1 home win against rivals Liverpool. Erik ten Hag became the first United manager since John Chapman in 1921 to lose his opening two games in charge of the club. That season, United lost both of their meetings with Brentford: 4–0 away on 10 October 1936 and 3–1 on 13 February 1937 those were United's most recent defeats to Brentford prior to this. This was United's seventh straight away defeat in the league, their worst streak since a run of 10 in the 1936–37 season, which ended in relegation from the First Division. The rest of the game went goalless, but it meant United went bottom of the league table. Josh Dasilva, Mathias Jensen, Ben Mee and Bryan Mbeumo all scored without reply before the clock had reached 38 minutes. United then suffered another defeat to Brentford, the first time they had started a league campaign with consecutive losses since the 1992–93 season. Named in the starting line-up, Lisandro Martínez and Christian Eriksen made their debuts for United, as did Tyrell Malacia, who came on as a substitute. Pascal Groß scored twice in the first half for Brighton before they conceded an own goal by Alexis Mac Allister in the second to give United their first ever home defeat to Brighton. The league season began with a home loss against Brighton & Hove Albion on 7 August. The 2022–23 Premier League fixtures were released on 16 June 2022. Sancho 12', Fred 30', Martial 33', Pellistri 76' United lost both matches, going down 4–2 to Cádiz and 1–0 to Real Betis. A second friendly was played against Real Betis at the Estadio Benito Villamarín in Seville three days later. ĭuring the break for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Manchester United had a week-long training camp in Cádiz, Spain, highlighted by a friendly match against Cádiz CF at Nuevo Mirandilla on 7 December. Amad Diallo scored first early in the second half before Álvaro García equalised nine minutes later. The next day, United played another Madrid club, Rayo Vallecano. A week later, United suffered their first defeat in pre-season against Atlético Madrid, following a late goal from João Félix. Four days later, United led Aston Villa 2–0 in the first half via Sancho and a Matty Cash own goal before goals from Leon Bailey and Calum Chambers equalised for the Birmingham club. On 19 July, United led Crystal Palace 3–0 first via Martial, Rashford, and Sancho before a goal from Joel Ward pulled one back for the London club. The tour resumed in Australia, where United came back from a goal down – scored by Chris Ikonomidis – to beat Melbourne Victory 4–1 goals from Scott McTominay, Martial, Marcus Rashford and an own goal from Victory youngster Edmond Lupancu maintained United's 100% start to pre-season. United began the tour with a 4–0 win over Liverpool goals from Jadon Sancho, Fred and Anthony Martial put them 3–0 up by half-time, before Facundo Pellistri added a fourth less than 15 minutes from the end. A home match, Erik ten Hag's first as United manager, was confirmed against Rayo Vallecano for 31 July. A trip to Norway was also confirmed for a fixture against Atlético Madrid. A third friendly in Australia was later added, against Aston Villa. United confirmed the first of their tour destinations, travelling to Bangkok, Thailand and Melbourne, Australia to face rivals Liverpool in the Bangkok Century Cup, Melbourne Victory and Crystal Palace. The team's first match after the World Cup was in the EFL Cup on 21 December 2022, following the World Cup final on 18 December. There was a mid-season break for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, with the last match being played on 13 November 2022. However, they were eliminated in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals. They won the EFL Cup, the club's first competitive trophy since winning the 2017 UEFA Europa League final. This was the club's first season under the management of Erik ten Hag. In addition to the domestic league, they also competed in the FA Cup. The 2022–23 season was Manchester United's 31st season in the Premier League and their 48th consecutive season in the top flight of English football.
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