The Red Devils fell to another defeat this season in the Premier League at the London Stadium when West Ham United handed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team a 2-0 loss.
Goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Aaron Cresswell earned West Ham United their second successive home win against the Red Devils, who lost striker Marcus Rashford due to a groin injury in the second period.
The result lifted the Hammers up to fifth in the English League table which is incidentally 12 places and seven points better off than at the same stage last season. Although chances were at a premium in a cagey first half at the London Stadium Mark Noble’s deflected effort from Pablo Fornals’ free-kick was the closest either team came to a breakthrough before Yarmolenko’s strike.
The 29-year-old Ukrainian Yarmolenko opened the scoring just before half-time, sending a low finish past Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea following patient build-up play involving teammates Mark Noble and Felipe Anderson.
Hammers’ left-back Aaron Cresswell sealed all three points for the hosts in the second half with a superb free-kick into the top right-hand corner. Spanish playmaker Juan Mata should have leveled things up for the visitors two minutes after the break but failed to hit the target after connecting well with Brazilian Andreas Pereira’s low cross. Somehow United wasn’t able to get their groove and find their rhythm and that leaves Solskjaer’s team in eight position on the English League table after a frustrating time in the English capital.
With just eight points in eight games, United need to start churning out the results if they are going to compete for a top-four spot.
