The league season began with a home loss against Brighton & Hove Albion on 7 August. 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.
United then suffered another defeat to Brentford, the first time they had started a league campaign with consecutive losses since the 1992–93 season. Josh DaSilva, Mathias Jensen, Ben Mee and Bryan Mbeumo all scored without reply before the clock had reached 38 minutes. The rest of the game went goalless, but it meant United went bottom of the league table.

On 22 August, United achieved their first league victory of the season, a 2–1 home win against rivals Liverpool. 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. This was United's first league win against Liverpool since March 2018.

Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September, all league matches on the weekend of 10–12 September were postponed.

United's break from league action was further extended by the September international window, which meant their first Premier League match in almost a month saw them face Manchester City away in the derby on 2 October. Erling Haaland and Phil Foden each scored twice for City in the first half to give the hosts a 4–0 lead at the break. Antony scored for United early in the second half, but Haaland and Foden both scored again to complete their hattricks before Anthony Martial came on to score two late goals for United. With a total of nine goals, it was the highestscoring Manchester derby of all time.

United travelled to West London to face Fulham for the last Premier League game prior to the World Cup. Eriksen opened the scoring with his first goal for the club with less than 15 minutes played, but as the game passed the hour mark, former United winger Daniel James scored from close range to equalise. Alejandro Garnacho, who was subbed on for Martial 11 minutes later, scored the winning goal in the final minute of added time.

United's first action after the World Cup was a Boxing Day fixture against Nottingham Forest. Following up a corner kick from Eriksen, Rashford scored the opening goal after just 18 minutes, four minutes before setting up for Martial. Fred scored the third goal three minutes from time following a pass from Casemiro to secure the three points.

On 5 March, United visited Anfield in search of a first win there since January 2016. Instead, braces from Cody Gakpo, Darwin Núñez and the fixture's top scorer, Mohamed Salah, as well as a closing goal from Roberto Firmino gave Liverpool a 7–0 win, breaking the record set 128 years earlier for the biggest win in matches between the two teams. This was also United's jointbiggest ever defeat and the heaviest since Wolverhampton Wanderers thrashed them by the same scoreline in 1931.

Three days later, United hosted Aston Villa, with Bruno Fernandes scoring the only goal of the game six minutes before halftime after a shot from Marcus Rashford was turned into his path by Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez. It marked the 100th career goal for Fernandes.

United travelled to Bournemouth for their final away game of the season. Casemiro scored an acrobatic overhead kick for the only goal of the game and David de Gea's 17th clean sheet of the season confirmed him as the winner of the Premier League Golden Glove award for most clean sheets kept.

Manchester United's penultimate league game was a 4–1 win over Chelsea. Goals from Casemiro and Martial gave United a twogoal lead at halftime, before a penalty from Fernandes and Rashford's 30th goal of the season doubled their lead, although João Félix managed a late consolation strike for the Blues. This victory meant that United were guaranteed a topfour finish and would qualify for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League group stage. The Red Devils ended their league season with a 2–1 victory at home to Fulham. The away side went ahead in the first half after a header from Kenny Tete, but missed the chance to double their lead after De Gea saved a penalty from Aleksandar Mitrović. United then fought back in the second half with Sancho and Fernandes getting on the scoresheet for a comeback win to ensure they would finish the season in third place.

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