Update From The 7PM BST kick-Off At London Stadium

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Jacob Steinberg was at London Stadium tonight, and here’s his match report.

United were loose in all departments. They almost saved themselves from a second consecutive away defeat at the start of added time, Anthony Martial twice going close to a dramatic equaliser, but they should not kid themselves.

United, whose lead over Liverpool is down to a point, were flat after falling behind to Saïd Benrahma’s goal. Moyes deserved this win over his old side. It took West Ham seven points above the bottom three and filled them with optimism before their Europa Conference League semi-final against AZ Alkmaar on Thursday.

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Full-time: West Ham 1-0 Manchester United

The Hammers are all but staying up,Manchester City are in trouble and have Liverpool fully on their tails now. David Moyes has a wide smile, while David de Gea looks like a man who knows he must face the music.




90+9 min:West Ham make a final change. They’ve blunted their opponent for this long, now can they hang on? Shaw’s foul buys more time to be eaten up.
90+8 min:Rashford forces a corner, and then Fernandes cuts in and shoots wide. That was an awful waste and Ten Hag looks none too amused.

90+6 min:How much longer will those subs add? For the moment, momentum has been broken, too.




90+1 min:Martial speeds through and then Fabianski makes a fine save, Aguerd having got in the way too. The corner comes in and Martial might have done better with that.


85 min:Manchester United play hurry-up offense, at last. But that leaves open space. Shaw has to clear the danger from Paqueta. Casemiro heads the ball back across goal, and Fabianski is scrabbling. Casemiro: his season has dredged to a halt.


83 min:Both players continue. Is that wise? Feels unwise. Football and head injuries is one of those things that really never seems to fit, unless in the United States.

72 min: It’s still all West Ham, and Paqueta is striding around like Alan Devonshire in his prime.

71 min:Shane O’Leary gets in touch: “As an Eastender, are you enjoying the gentrification? Is there much gluten in an Eel, or is it in the jelly? Dot Cotton used to live over the road from me, lovely lady, had everything delivered, long before it was fashionable. Come on you Hammers. All the dead man’s chest.”


Well, I’d like to think I *am* the gentrification. The pies and mash/eel shop has just reopened I was glad to see. I have never tried it but am glad it’s back.

69 min: Sancho and Sabitzer coming on for United? No sign of Garnacho yet. But winning midfield would do for starters.

66 min: West Ham are the only team likely to score here. Paqueta whips his shot wide of the post, with Soucek hurling himself into space. At the other end, Rashford overhits a pass for Malacia. Bruno hit it anyway…it’s his first touch for a while.

Another of those games when Bruno, a hero to many, goes missing. He’s not alone in that, Eriksen has similarly flopped, but this does keep happening.


59 min: Bowen scampers with purpose and sets up Paqueta, whose shot is less than purposeful. Good East End knees-up dahn the London tonight. Pwopah bank holiday, jolly boys beano stuff. Jellied eels, don’t mind if I do. (Disclaimer: your writer has lived in East London for 20 years.)

52 min: End to end stuff. Antony has a shot blocked and Paqueta speeds downfield, and Luke Shaw comes across to clear. One team attacks with speed, and it’s not the one from Manchester.

….Hang on, the ball’s back in the Manchester United goal. De Gea flaps like a budgie, and falls. Antonio breathes on him, and the ball loops in. The referee rules it out and so does VAR. That’s not a goal these days when it might be. De Gea could have been braver there but was touched.

49 min: West Ham corner, they scored from three last week. Weghorst, this time gets it clear, and then Soucek winds in another shot. Another corner.


46 min: Off we go in the second half, which Manchester United begin with an odd goal-kick routine. It succeeds only in setting up West Ham with a chance for Jarrod Bowen, Just get it launched, David.

A half-time rerun of that Lindelof penalty incident suggests David Moyes wuz robbed once more by VAR. We could be hearing more of that later. Peter Walton said it was a penalty, but only after the entire BT panel declared it a handball.

Half-time: West Ham 1-0 Manchester United


The sound of Sham 69’s If The Kids Are United signals half-time and it’s a 45 that will be recalled for a true keeping howler from David De Gea. The other news is that Manchester United aren’t very good at the moment while West Ham are better than they have been for a while.

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