Manchester United required a Craig Dawson own goal in the 53rd minute to defeat West Ham and fortify their hold on a Champions League place. The Match finished as 1-0 giving a crucial win for United.
Borrowed from Watford, Dawson has been extraordinary in the Hammers’ push for the top four openings yet settled the challenge in the incorrect manner toward the beginning of the second half as he transformed Bruno Fernandes’ corner into his own net under tension from Scott McTominay at the far post.
Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood likewise went close in an uneven challenge as West Ham neglected to undermine until Said Benrahma’s presentation following 60 minutes.
At the point when the guests at last pushed forward, Luke Shaw impeded Tomas Soucek’s goalbound shot as United saved a fourth progressive clean sheet interestingly under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
The outcome kept United in second place, however with the groups from fourth to seventh all neglecting to win this end of the week, they currently have a nine-point advantage over West Ham, who stay fifth, yet have a match close by.
Solskjaer’s men take care of business:
Solskjaer will have been mitigated to get the triumph in the wake of surrendering injury-time equalizers against Everton and AC Milan at Old Trafford as of late. It was not the best execution and United’s first-half dissatisfactions were summarized when captain Harry Maguire howled instructions to his partners that they expected to “liven up” and “quit parting with the ball”.
Besides Rashford looking a header wide and Greenwood having an exertion tipped on to a post and out for a corner by Lukasz Fabianski, United’s passing needed both the exactness and freshness to move the guests out of their control structure.
Furthermore, as Rashford continued pulling wide and Fernandes would in general drop profound, neither McTominay nor Fred made runs into the crate that may have permitted them to score a goal.
Manchester United were better after the break and Fabianski delivered another amazing low save to deny Fernandes before Greenwood hit a post with an incredible shot toward the finish of a bursting encounter.
Moyes’ dream for Old Trafford win awaits:
The outcome implies Moyes stays without a success as an away administrator at Old Trafford, an arrangement that currently stretches out to 11 losses in 15 endeavors on the whole rivalries.
It is currently 17 games since West Ham last beat Manchester United away from home, going right the route back to the acclaimed Carlos Tevez victor that kept the Hammers up in 2007.
West Ham never truly looked fit for dominating the match. The shortfall of Pablo Fornals through injury cost them a component of inventiveness they didn’t present until Benrahma went ahead, while Maguire and Victor Lindelof were guaranteed on the uncommon events, West Ham got an opportunity to make any ethereal issues.
Maguire stands tall:
At the point when West Ham finally took some coordinated attacking actions in the subsequent half, United commander Harry Maguire was unfaltering against Michail Antonio and Tomas Soucek.
He made a group-high seven clearances, won back the ball multiple times, and made a fine tackle to deny a savage Jarrod Bowen strike.
Red Devils still too hesitant in the assault:
This was the fifth time in the previous six games taking all things together rivalries that United neglected to score in the principal a large portion of, the exemption being that early Fernandes goal in the derby succeeds at City.
Separating protections is something of a common issue for Solskjaer and it very well may be a worry when they head to Milan on Thursday expecting to score a goal to forestall a European exit.
Manager’s words after the match:
Solksjaer said: “It tells us we’re a team that works for each other. It’s never easy to earn a clean sheet. If you have clean sheets you have a good foundation. The front four worked so hard, they were dangerous and pressed really well.”
What’s next?
Manchester United’s last two games before the International break are a Europa League outing to Milan on Thursday after the draw in the first leg and a FA Cup quarter-finals encounter at Leicester City next Sunday. West Ham has seven days to plan for the class visit to Arsenal.
