Manchester, England.
A spectacular header from Marco Rashford, at the service of Christian Eriksenalong with the miraculous stops of David De Gea they gave the victory to a gray Manchester United against West Ham (1-0).
The ‘Red Devils’ enter the European positions with a narrow victory, far from convincing, but which also served to Cristiano Ronaldo back to the property in Premier League, even if not highlighted.
The Portuguese, who scored in the Europa League During the week he had to settle for the whole game, but with no luck in front of goal. He has only had a couple of chances, resolved with no luck, and hasn’t put in a performance that would guarantee him a starting position in this team.
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much more convinced Marco Rashford, who took over the streaks of Cristiano in a header that recalled the best times of the Portuguese. After a good start for United, intense at the top and confident in the rear, the passing of the minutes woke up the West Hamwhich was seen inside the meeting after the first half hour.
The ‘Hammers’ riot was stopped on its tracks by an excellent cross from Eriksen in which Rashford appeared as a commuter train at the far post. He overtook Kehrer and scored 1-0.
It was his 100th goal with the United shirt and in front Gareth Southgate, present in the stands to discuss the candidates for the England list for the World Cup. He was also in the stands Tité, the coach of Brazil.
David De Gea he saved his team three points with two magnificent actions. First he caught Michail Antonio’s shot from the edge of the box with a changed hand and seconds later he foiled a header from Kurt Zouma at the near post.
The saves give air to Erik Ten Hag’s men, who manage to close the game when Fred, with a header, sends the ball into the post.
A few seconds from the end, De Gea was still missing one last miracle. A spectacular ‘dove’ to deflect a Declan Rice shot from 30 meters. The parade, a few moments before the referee’s whistle, led all the United players to embrace the Spanish goalkeeper, the absolute savior of the three points.
He resisted 1-0 for United, who moved up to fifth place, with 23 points, one of the Champions League positions and two above Chelsea.
West Ham, who have just passed the round in the Conference League, are not doing very well in the Premier League and are thirteenth, with 14 points.
DATA SHEET:
1 – Manchester United: De Gea; Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw; Casemiro, Eriksen (Fred, m.79), Fernandes; Elanga (McTominay, 61st), Ronaldo and Rashford.
0 – West Ham United: Fabianski (Areola, m.46); Kehrer, Dawson, Zouma, Cresswell; Soucek, Riso, Downes (Fornals, m.77); Bowen, Benrahma and Scamacca (Anthony, d.57).
Goal: 1-0, m.36: Rashford.
