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.”

McTominay sends his early cross from the right too deep into the box, as Areola collects the chance at the penalty spot. Ronaldo had made the run to receive, ...

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Report and free match highlights as Marcus Rashfords 100th goal sends Man Utd up to fifth in the Premier League; West Ham unlucky not to leave Old Trafford ...

But we are going in the direction, but being a threat is a long way to go." Marcus Rashford scored his fourth Premier League goal for Manchester United against West Ham, scoring in both games against them in 2022. We gave the ball away a bit too much and that led to Man United's goal but overall we played well. The fans like it as well and you can see the bond that is coming and developing between the teams and the fans. So he's really representing the work of Man United and it values the good work that the academy is doing. At the start, it was difficult but we are coming more and more to that point.