WOLVERHAMPTON Gyasi Zardes Jersey , England (AP) — Manchester United’s ambitions of securing a spot in the Champions League next season were damaged by a 2-1 loss at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Tuesday.United squandered a 13th-minute lead earned through Scott McTominay’s first goal for the club, as Wolves responded with a strike by Diogo Jota and an own goal by Chris Smalling. The second goal came after United captain Ashley Young was sent off for two bookings in a five-minute span.A win at Molineux would have lifted United into third place but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team stayed in fifth, behind fourth-place Tottenham on goal difference and two points adrift of third-place Arsenal having played a game more than both.Those three teams, plus sixth-place Chelsea, are chasing the two Champions League qualifications spots behind Liverpool and Manchester City.It is now three losses in four games for United, which is going through its worst spell of results of the season — less than a week after hiring Solskjaer as its permanent manager following a better-than-expected stint as interim coach.Two of those defeats have come at Molineux Bobby Wood Jersey , with Wolves also beating United 2-1 in the FA Cup before the international break. They now head to London for Sunday’s FA Cup semifinal match against Watford at Wembley Stadium in high spirits.United could easily have been three goals ahead before Jota’s equalizer, with Romelu Lukaku — in for the injured Marcus Rashford — and Jesse Lingard wasting good opportunities in between McTominay’s goal.It was a superb way for the Scotland international to open his United account, as he unleashed a 25-meter effort that beat Wolves goalkeeper Rui Patricio down to his right.Wolves got back into the game following a mistake by the previously impressive Fred, who met a pass from goalkeeper David De Gea with a heavy touch.Wolves midfielder Joao Moutinho dispossessed Fred, and Jimenez delicately put Jota in behind United’s defense for the Portugal forward to score.Leander Dendoncker, Matt Doherty and Ruben Neves had attempts for Wolves as United wobbled. Luke Shaw picked up his 10th booking of the season meaning he will miss United’s next two league matches.Young was booked for fouling Jota in the 52nd and was soon walking off the field after a studs-up challenge on the same player. Referee Mike Dean handed out a second yellow card https://www.thetopsoccer.com/usa/paul-arriola-jersey , as well his 100th red card in the Premier League.Solskjaer’s side was on the back foot but holding Wolves to half-chances until conceding the winning goal.A cross from the left was not dealt with as Phil Jones challenged Jimenez, who got the slightest touch to the ball. Attempting to clear, Smalling inadvertently prodded the ball into his own goal under pressure from Dendoncker.De Gea did well to stop Smalling scoring a second own-goal before Ivan Cavaleiro rattled the crossbar in stoppage time for Wolves. WATFORD, England (AP) — It was the Long and short of the Premier League.Shane Long scored the fastest-ever goal in the competition Tuesday, netting after 7.69 seconds for Southampton against Watford.Long intercepted Craig Cathcart’s clearance and ran onto the loose ball before dinking a shot over goalkeeper Ben Foster.Based on the Premier League’s timing, the goal was quicker than the 9.9 seconds it took Tottenham’s Ledley King to score against Bradford in 2000.Immediately after the game Zack Steffen Jersey , which ended in a 1-1 draw, Long said he didn’t realize he had put himself in the record books.“It’s a record, is it?” Long said to broadcaster Sky Sports. “Straight from the kickoff we wanted to put them under pressure. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred you block it and it doesn’t work but this time it did.“It’s nice to have a record like that, but it would have been nicer if it was the winning goal.”Andre Gray scored in the 90th minute to grab a point for Watford.