Huddersfield Relegated, Man United Clip Watford As Saints Down Burnley

LONDON, England- Huddersfield Town FC equalled the record for the earliest Premier League relegation after a 2-0 defeat at Crystal Palace as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer enjoyed victory as full-time Manchester United FC manager on Saturday.

Elsewhere, Southampton FC edged Burnley 1-0 to move further away from trouble with Leicester City FC and Burnley FC also coming away with wins over Wolves and Bournemouth.

The Terriers are only the second club to be relegated from the Premier League in March following Derby, who went down with a record-low 11 points in 2008.

Huddersfield, who have 14 points, survived just one day longer than Derby and equalled the Rams' unwanted Premier League record of relegation after 32 games.

Already destined for the drop, Jan Siewert's side had their fate sealed due to their result and wins for Burnley and Southampton.

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Luka Milivojevic's 76th minute penalty put Huddersfield behind after a foul on Palace winger Wilfried Zaha.

Patrick van Aanholt's 88th minute strike pushed the bedraggled Terriers back to the Championship.

At Old Trafford, Solskjaer received a rapturous reception from the crowd when he strolled down the touchline just before kick-off, days after agreeing a three-year contract following his successful spell as interim boss.

After Watford dominated the early stages, Solskjaer was applauding a lethal United counter-attack to open the scoring through Marcus Rashford in the 28th minute.

Luke Shaw unfurled a superb pass from deep in his own half and Rashford sprinted clear to clip a deft finish over Watford keeper Ben Foster for his 13th goal of the season.

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International break

After successive defeats against Arsenal and Wolves before the international break, Anthony Martial ensured United got back on track when he bundled home in the 72nd minute despite Watford's appeals for offside.

It is the first time since the 1995-96 season that United have had four players score 10 or more goals in a Premier League campaign as Martial joined Rashford, Romelu Lukaku and Paul Pogba in double figures.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg celebrates putting Saints in front. PHOTO/Matt Watson/Southamton FC

Abdoulaye Doucoure scored for Watford in the 90th minute, but United are level on points with Tottenham and one point above fifth placed Arsenal, who host Newcastle on Monday.

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At Turf Moor, Burnley moved five points clear of the relegation zone with a 2-0 victory over Wolves.

Sean Dyche's side took the lead in the second minute when Chris Wood's shot hit a post and deflected off Conor Coady for the Wolves' defender's third own goal this season.

Dwight McNeil netted in the 77th minute to improve Burnley's chances of survival.

Southampton also took a step towards beating the drop with a 1-0 win over south-coast rivals Brighton.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg chipped in from Nathan Redmond's pass in the 53rd minute to leave Saints five points clear of third bottom Cardiff, who face Chelsea on Sunday.

Leicester beat Bournemouth 2-0 with goals from Wes Morgan and Jamie Vardy.

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Results round-up

Brighton 0 Southampton 1 (Hojbjerg 53)

Burnley 2 (Coady 2-og, McNeil 77) Wolverhampton Wanderers 0

Crystal Palace 2 (Milivojevic 76-pen, van Aanholt 88) Huddersfield 0

Fulham 0 Man City 2 (B Silva 5, Aguero 27)

Leicester 2 (Morgan 11, Vardy 82) Bournemouth 0

Manchester United 2 (Rashford 28, Martial 72) Watford 1 (Doucoure 90)

Playing Sunday

Cardiff v Chelsea (1305GMT)

Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur (1530GMT)

Playing Monday (1900GMT)

Arsenal v Newcastle United