Manchester United vs West Ham LIVE: Premier League result and final score as Rashford snatches winner
Follow all the latest reaction from the match at Old Trafford as West Ham lost agonisingly to fellow top-four chasers Manchester United
Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford scored a last-second winner as they beat West Ham United 1-0 at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Saturday to move up to fourth spot. Substitute Rashford tapped in a low cross from Edinson Cavani deep into stoppage time after United had broken down the left flank with the final move of the match. The win means United move above West Ham with 38 points from 22 matches while the Hammers are now fifth on 37 from 23.
Until Rashford’s goal finished off an attack started by Cristiano Ronaldo and also featuring Anthony Martial there had been few chances at either end in a disappointingly dull game. Tomas Soucek had gone close to scoring for the Londoners near the end with a glancing header from a corner which flashed just wide of the far post.
Follow all the latest reaction from the Premier League game at Old Trafford below.
Southampton 1 - 0 Man City
10 mins: That is Kyle Walker-Peters’s first Premier League goal of the season. Southampton have something to hold onto now but they can’t go into their shell. They need to keep pressing City and forcing them back in midfield or else the visitors will eventually equalise.
GOAL! Southampton 1 - 0 Man City (Walker-Peters, 7’)⚽️
7 mins: What a start for the Saints! Kyle Walker-Peters drives the ball down the right wing and slides it to the byline for Nathan Redmond before carrying on into the box. Redmond cuts the ball back to him and Walker-Peters takes a touch before slotting a right-footed effort, with the outside of his boot, past Ederson and into the far corner! Great finish from the defender! Southampton have the lead against the Premier League leaders.
Southampton 0 - 0 Man City
6 mins: Encouraging for Southampton as they work the ball up to Che Adams. He’s closed down by Ruben Dias who fouls the striker and gives the Saints a free kick in City’s half.
It’s too far out for even James Ward-Prowse to shoot so he floats the set piece into the box and picks out Mohammed Salisu in the box. The Southampton defender gets a decent chunk of the ball but heads it over the goal.
Southampton 0 - 0 Man City
3 mins: Phil Foden swings the free kick into the box and wins the first corner of the game for Man City. They play it short to Kevin De Bruyne who slides a pass across to Joao Cancelo. He knocks it back to De Bruyne who’s created a better angle to cross. His aerial ball into the area is won by Mohammed Salisu who heads the ball away.
Southampton 0 - 0 Man City
Kick off: Manchester City get the final match of today’s Premier League fixtures underway. Southampton have only lost one league game at home this season so this isn’t a guaranteed three points for the league leaders.
An early ball comes up the pitch to Phil Foden who slots it inside to Jack Grealish. He brings the ball further inside and wins City a free kick.
Southampton vs Man City
The players make their way out onto the pitch at St. Marys.
Brentford have been defeated in their dealyed match against Wolves. Joao Moutinho and Ruben Neves netting for the visitors to give Wolves a 2-1 away from home. Brentford have lost their last four Premier League fixtures.
Southampton vs Man City
James Ward-Prowse has scored 12 direct free-kicks in the Premier League, a total bettered only by David Beckham’s 18.
Southampton vs Man City
Man City have won the last 19 league fixtures in which they have scored first.
Their 13 clean sheets is a top-flight high this season. Only two of the 13 goals conceded by City have come before half-time, the fewest in the division.
They have conceded just two goals from set pieces this season (one penalty, one from a corner), three fewer than any other side.
Southampton vs Man City
Southampton have recorded 10 home wins against the reigning champions of the Premier League, a tally beaten only by Liverpool’s 14.
They could become just the third club to keep a clean sheet in both top-flight matches versus a Pep Guardiola-managed team in a season, emulating Borussia Monchengladbach (2014-15) and Manchester United (2020-21).
But, after keeping five clean sheets in eight league games between September and November, they have conceded in each of their last 10 top-flight matches.
Southampton vs Man City
Manchester City have won 12 Premier League games in a row by an aggregate score of 34-7. The 36 points they have accrued since losing to Crystal Palace in October is 13 more than any other side in the division.
The only team to win as many as 12 successive top-flight matches in a season and not go on to win the title was Preston North End in 1891-92.
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