KOMPAS.com – Manchester United won 1-0 over West Ham United at Old Trafford, Saturday (22/1/2022) night WIB.
Duel Man United vs West Ham is matchday 23 Premier League.
The Red Devils took the triple points dramatically after Marcus Rashford scored the decisive “Fergie Time” goal or goal in the final minutes (90+3′).
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The Red Devils managed to penetrate the top four of the Premier League standings for a while with 38 points.
On the other hand, The Hammers dropped to fifth position with still 37 points.
The course of the match Man United vs West Ham
Manchester United started the game by playing possession of the ball and pressing tight.
This situation makes it difficult for West Ham United to hold the ball and tend to wait for a counter-attack.
In the eighth minute, high pressure by the Red Devils forced Vladimir Coufal to violate Bruno Fernandes near the penalty box.
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Cristiano Ronaldo then took on the task of executor of free kicks. Unfortunately, CR7’s shot only hit a posse.
Man United continued to dominate the game and made it difficult for West Ham, but the hosts still struggled to make an effective attack.
In the 20th minute, the Red Devils created big chances that started with Bruno Fernandes’ cross on the left.
The ball goes to Cristiano Ronaldo into the penalty box and escapes the trap offside.
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However, timing CR7 did not fit so he failed to gore the ball into the West Ham goal.
Until the 20th minute, Man United had made four attempts on goal and still had not met the target.
On the other hand, West Ham began to dare to come out and carry out an attack scheme in a third of Setah Merah’s defense, although it could still be countered.
The game conditions haven’t changed. Man United is dominant, but has not been able to create a meaningful threat. Meanwhile, West Ham’s counter attack has not been successful.
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In the 36th minute, Kurt Zouma was seen making contact with Cristiano Ronaldo in the penalty box.
This made CR7 fall, but referee Jonathan Moss did not see it as a foul.
The Portuguese superstar had protested to the referee. However, the judge’s decision remained unchanged.
Until the end of the first half, Man United and West Ham remained 0-0.
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The Red Devils took the initiative again. In the first four of the second half, the home team created shot on target first.
Fred who received a good pass from the left side was able to fire hard in the penalty box.
However, Fred’s left-footed strike was countered by West Ham goalkeeper Alphonse Areola.
In the 54th minute, the Hammers finally gave a real threat to Man United.
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Through a corner kick scheme that was driven away by the Red Devils defense, Jarrod Bowen greeted a wild ball with a hard kick from outside the penalty box.
Unfortunately, the British wing striker’s efforts were only slightly sideways to the right.
Meanwhile, Man United, who was still deadlocked, made changes in the 62nd minute.
Ralf Rangnick decided to pull out Anthony Elanga, then put in Marcus Rashford.
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Man United’s changes have yet to make an impact. As for the Red Devils, who were stuck several times, they tried to shoot long distances.
However, these efforts also failed because they always did not meet the target.
In the final 10 minutes, the Red Devils made another change by entering Edinson Cavani and Anthony Martial to add to the pounding power.
Man United continue to press West Ham. After various attempts, the Red Devils finally managed to score a goal that was scored when injury time.
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Through a lightning attack scheme built from below, Cristiano Ronaldo who got the ball dribbled quickly forward.
CR7 then fed it to Anthony Martial, then the ball shifted to Edinson Cavani on the left side which went into the penalty box.
Cavani sent end pass to Rashford who went straight into the six-yard box.
Areola’s goal was broken and Man United won a dramatic 1-0 win over West Ham.
MAN UNITED vs WEST HAM 1-0 (Rashford 90+3′)
MAN UNITED (4-2-3-1): 1-De Gea; 20-Dalot, 5-Maguire, 19-Varane, 27-Alex Telles; 17-Fred (21-Cavani 82′), 39-McTominay; 11-Greenwood (9-Martial 82′), 18-Bruno Fernandes, 36-Elanga (10-Rashford 62′); 7-Ronaldo
Proposal: 26-Henderson, 4-Jones, 8-Mata, 14-Lingard, 31-Matic, 34-Van de Beek
Coach: Ralf Rangnick (JER)
WERST HAM (4-2-3-1): 13-Areola; 5-Coufal (24-Fredericks 70′), 15-Dawson, 4-Zouma, 3-Cresswell; 41-Rice, 28-Soucek; 20-Bowen, 10-Lanzini, 8-Fornals; 9-Antonio
Proposal: 7-Yarmolenko, 11-Vlasic, 16-Noble, 23-Diop, 26-Masuaku, 31-Johnson, 33-Kral, 35-Randolph
Coach: David Moyes (SKO)
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