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Jacob Steinberg was at the 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.
Thom Steele on that clash of heads. “You’re right in with the head injuries here in the States. I’m wondering about De Gea today in regards to that.”
Admir Pajic: “I think De Gea has always suffered from “you can’t teach size” problem. His inability to control the area cost United the title in his debut season (2011-12) when Blackburn, Wigan, Everton and Man City all took points thanks to his inability to command the area.
“As a shot-stopper, he has been magnificent and dragged United to 2nd place in 2017-18 on his own and sometimes it looked like he was a human octopus. Man Utd can find a replacement for him - there is a Spanish goalkeeper named David right in front of their eyes (in the league), gifted with almost playmaking distribution - but De Gea is hardly the only player they need to replace in order to compete with Man City. Wout Weghorst as No.9 at a big club, for instance, is like an Adam Sandler joke that is funny only to Adam Sandler.”
Tim Stappard: “No idea why you are hammering De Gea. He’s been the best player there for a decade “
Declan Rice speaks to BT Sport: Obviously it’s massive, the significance is massive. The lads, they gave it absolutely everything, to win this one we knew it was big. Some things go for you in football and that was one of those things. Yeah, I’m buzzing.”
The Hammers are all but staying up, Manchester United 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.
Manchester United after defeat. Photograph: Nigel Keene/ProSports/Shutterstock
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.
79 min: Expect a long delay here, both players down after a crunching clash of heads. Soucek is being stitched up while Dalot is coming on for Wan-Bissaka, who has been bleeding.
78 min: Good pass from Bruno now, Rashford curls his foot round the ball and Fabianski palms behind. From the corner there’s a nasty collision: Soucek, Wan-Bissaka and Fabianski, who punched the Manchester United defender on the temple. Urgh, grim.
75 min: Ruth Purdue gets in touch: “A reminder that United have played more games than any in Europe. The manager hasn’t rested players when could have, for example Bruno.”
Fair point, well made. Ten Hag must share some blame though imagine dropping Bruno must be one of those tasks you never get around to doing as it’s such a pain to have to carry out.
73 min: A De Gea fumble of an aerial ball goes unpunished but his defence cannot get the ball clear at all…Soucek heads in from a pearling Paqueta pass…but no goal….offside, this time it was the correct decision.
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.
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.
64 min: West Ham are on the rampage, and it’s Antonio on one of his runs, the only way he can be stopped is Aaron Wan-Bissaka steaming in to stop him. Lindelof was covering so that’s only a yellow card.
Manchester United have gone from poor to dreadful.
West Ham United's Michail Antonio is fouled by Manchester United's Aaron Wan-Bissaka. Photograph: Ashley Western/Colorsport/Shutterstock
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.
West Ham United put the ball in the net but it’s ruled out for a foul on Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea. Photograph: Zac Goodwin/PA
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.
Joe Pearson: “I’m a Liverpool fan, so it’s OK. I think De Gea has a whiff of Heurelho Gomes from days gone by at Spurs. He can make all kinds of really impressive reaction saves, but there just seems to be a boneheaded mistake lying just below the surface.”
For UK viewers. Don’t have nightmares:
David de Gea will not want to see this one again! 🫣
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.
45 min: More chaos in the Manchester United box. Benrahma comes inside, the danger is cleared. Did the ball come off Lindelof’s hand? The Hammers say so…VAR says no….Eriksen has a shot at the other end.
44 min: Philip Wainwright gets in touch: “I’m not an MU fan, but do think that DDG is the one keeper you’d want in your goal to save that top-corner bound effort. Would it be fair to say that he pulls off as many difficult/unlikely saves (that most other GKs would not be able to), thus negating the clangers?”
“On top of this, do you think the fact that MU are 16th in the table for chance conversion (and could very easily be 2-0 up already if their finishing wasn’t crap) would render his aberrations largely null and void?”
Good points well made, especially by this game so far.
43 min: Manchester United’s chance creation is not high. Wout Weghorst is no Teddy Sheringham, you’d fancy Teddy to find space and angles better than the Dutch dynamo. And Teddy’s 57 these days.
United's Wout Weghorst (left) has a rare sighter. Photograph: Andrew Kearns/CameraSport/Getty Images
41 min: Declan Rice is playing well against one of his potential suitors. He’s been far better than last week when he was run rings round at Selhurst Park.
39 min: Rashford shoots from distance, about as far back as Benrahama was. He shoots wide. A replay of the De Gea mistake does the Spaniard no favours.
