West Ham vs Man Utd LIVE: Result and reaction from Premier League clash as Said Benrahma earns slender win
Man Utd are looking to secure a top-four spot, while West Ham are in a relegation battle
Follow live coverage as West Ham United face Manchester United in the Premier League today.
The main team news for West Ham was that Declan Rice returned to the starting XI. The Hammers skipper missed the midweek defeat at Manchester City through illness.
Vladimir Coufal wasn’t in the matchday squad, while Michail Antonio was selected to start up front.
Wout Weghorst was preferred to Anthony Martial in attack for Manchester United, while Luke Shaw continued at centre-back, with Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Tyrrell Malacia starting in the full-back positions.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
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SAVED! Back come United up the other end of the field as Eriksen skips beyond Kehrer. He shoots from close-range, but the ball takes a deflection off the West Ham defender and is straight into Fabianski's gloves!
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SAVED!!! Paqueta makes his way up the right and slips Benrahma in with a peach of a pass, and the Algerian's first-time finish is parried by De Gea getting low down to his left! Benrahma's volleyed rebound back into the middle appears to strike the hand of Lindelof, but there's nothing given as United come away with the ball!
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We'll play one additional minute of added time to close out this closely-fought first half.
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With his opener the difference between the two sides so far, it's worth noting that all of Benrahma's six league goals so far this season have come at the London Stadium - only three of his first nine goals in the competition came at home before 2022-23.
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Antony hangs a high cross towards Rashford at the far post, but it's not the best ball to attack and the forward's downward header is easily held by Fabianski.
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Despite having nine shots to West Ham's three, none of Manchester United's attempts have been on target yet, having mostly been restricted to speculative efforts from range.
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Rashford has the ball in space and tries his luck from 40 yards, sending a swerving, dipping effort wide of the target and into the stanchion behind the goal!
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Antony races into open space down the right, before having a cross deflected off Paqueta. He's shoulder barged almost into row one by his international team-mate as Antony keeps the move alive, with his ball into the area almost breaking for Eriksen before Aguerd clears for West Ham.
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