Man United vs West Ham

Get a report of the Manchester United vs. West Ham United 2022-23 English Premier League football match.

[Cristiano Ronaldo](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/22774/Cristiano-Ronaldo) started for United for the first time in the Premier League after he refused to come on as a subsitute against Tottenham and left the match early. "We are disappointed not to score. "We done a good job, played well, put them under plenty of pressure, we just lacked the final ingredient. "We didn't play well but good to win games like that. Pleased that I have managed to score today and it's always good to score regardless of whether [England manager] Gareth Southgate is watching or not. Something I have been working on, I feel I need to score more goals like that and keep getting in those areas.

Marcus Rashford's emphatic header, his 100th goal for United, and a string of late David de Gea saves earned the hosts a narrow win.

There seemed to be little danger as Dalot took a throw-in on the right, but Eriksen plays a lovely one-two with Fernandes and then whips a cross towards the back post. 52 mins: It’s been a scrappy start to the second half. 57 mins: Dalot again gets his head to a cross first – impressive work, but both times he’s been in the area that should be marshalled by Maguire. Speaking of felines, a certain West Ham defender would surely be given the lead in Dick Whittington and His Cat.” 72 mins: Luke Shaw nutmegs Soucek, who hauls the left-back down and gets a booking for his trouble. At the other end, Casemiro clips Benrahma and West Ham will have a chance to punish them. 74 mins: Ronaldo drops deeper to collect the ball, turns and sees an ambitious shot blocked. “The spirit we have is fabulous, we have the quality to score goals. Lisandro Martínez and Diogo Dalot were excellent, and Harry Maguire held his own on his return to the team. West Ham win the ball back from the corner and Cresswell’s cross is met at the near post by Zouma. On his return to form this season, he adds: “It’s a completely different energy around the whole club [this season], and I feel more motivated now. The moment for Fred was there, when he hit the post.” He is also not keen to discuss Harry Maguire in detail: “The team do their job – defend the goal – together, as a back four but also, the team defend as 11 players.”

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Instead, plenty of focus will likely be on Maguire, and whether he can now have a run in the team prior to the World Cup, while Raphael Varane is sidelined. Manchester United have won the past four league games against West Ham, including this fixture last season, when Marcus Rashford scored in the dying moments to secure a 1-0 win. 75 mins to KO: West Ham are on a four-game losing run in the top flight against United, although the most recent three of those defeats all came by a single goal. 5 mins to KO: We're just a few minutes from kickoff here, at what will be United's final home game in the league before the World Cup. United's attackers are all dropping deep and trying to run beyond the West Ham defence at the moment. Eriksen played a one-two with Fernandes and crossed the ball towards the far post from the left. They're letting the hosts have the ball in their half, as long as it's far from the box. The cross from the left-back drops to Elanga at the far post, who controls the ball and volleys it... 31 mins: West Ham have had most of the ball for the past few minutes, but again, they're not creating much with it. He then catches Martinez on the back of the head with his studs as he tries to win the rebound, but no card is shown. 90+4 mins: Areola is up for the corner, which United clear to the edge of the box... 67 mins: Ten Hag's men have taken back control of the game in recent minutes and they're probing for a second goal.