West Ham v Manchester United LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Bowen and Kudus strike
Re-live all the action from London Stadium after Erik ten Hag’s Man Utd side were well-beaten by West Ham
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Your support makes all the difference.Jarrod Bowen and Mohammed Kudus’ second-half goals gave West Ham a 2-0 win over Manchester United in the Premier League’s early game on Saturday, as the Hammers briefly moved into the top six.
Bowen bundled home from close range in the 72nd minute after a lovely one-two with Lucas Paqueta, who played in Kudus six minutes later to settle the game with a sharp finish.
West Ham, recovering from a bruising 5-1 defeat to Liverpool in the League Cup in midweek, move up to sixth on 30 points and United drop to eighth on 28 points.
The first half was low on quality and its best chance fell to Alejandro Garnacho in the 35th minute, but the winger lost his balance and shot straight at Alphonse Areola.
Bowen broke the deadlock with his 11th league goal of the season, taking Paqueta’s dinked ball in his stride before Onana’s save rebounded off the forward and into the net.
Paqueta then capitalised on Kobbie Mainoo’s mistake to set up Kudus, who fired home past Onana to secure all three points for the hosts.
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As for United, Erik ten Hag makes three changes from the goalless draw at Anfield. The most notable sees him hand a senior debut to 19-year-old Kambwala at centre-half. Fernandes returns from suspension and Wan-Bissaka replaces Diogo Dalot, who serves a one-match ban after his red card against Liverpool. Eriksen is back on the bench, where Rashford remains, but Raphael Varane, Casemiro, Harry Maguire, Mason Mount and Lisandro Martinez are absent.
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Having prevailed in their previous meeting in May, West Ham are aiming to record successive Premier League victories over United for the first time since a run of three between December 2006 and December 2007.
West Ham United vs Manchester United
Having named a much-changed side for the midweek EFL Cup quarter-final defeat at Liverpool, David Moyes makes just two alterations from West Ham's win over Wolves. Areola is back in goal after a wrist injury, while Mavropanos replaces Nayef Aguerd in the heart of defence. The latter misses out through illness, as does Maxwel Cornet, as a long-term knee problem keeps Michail Antonio sidelined.
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SUBS: Altay Bayindir, Sergio Reguilon, Rhys Bennett, Christian Eriksen, Hannibal Mejbri, Donny van de Beek, Facundo Pellestri, Sofyan Amrabat, Marcus Rashford.
West Ham United vs Manchester United
MANCHESTER UNITED (4-2-3-1): Andre Onana; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Willy Kambwala, Jonny Evans, Luke Shaw; Scott McTominay, Kobbie Mainoo; Antony, Bruno Fernandes, Alejandro Garnacho; Rasmus Hojlund.
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SUBS: Lukasz Fabianski, Thilo Kehrer, Aaron Cresswell, Angelo Ogbonna, Ben Johnson, Pablo Fornals, Divin Mubama, Danny Ings, Said Benrahma.
West Ham United vs Manchester United
WEST HAM (4-2-3-1): Alphonse Areola; Vladimir Coufal, Kurt Zouma, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Emerson; Tomas Soucek, Edson Alvarez; Mohammed Kudus, James Ward-Prowse, Lucas Paqueta; Jarrod Bowen.
West Ham United vs Manchester United
Sixth place is up for grabs in the early kick-off at the London Stadium, where the ninth-place Hammers welcome the seventh-place Red Devils. The hosts have taken 13 points from their last six games, while United arrive off the back of one win in five.
West Ham United vs Manchester United
Hello everyone and welcome to live text commentary of the Premier League clash between West Ham and Manchester United.
Confirmed line-ups
West Ham United: Areola, Coufal, Zouma, Mavropanos, Emerson Palmieri, Soucek, Alvarez, Kudus, Ward-Prowse, Lucas Paqueta, Bowen. Subs: Fabianski, Johnson, Cresswell, Fornals, Ings, Ogbonna, Benrahma, Kehrer, Mubama.
Manchester United: Onana, Wan-Bissaka, Kambwala, Evans, Shaw, McTominay, Mainoo, Garnacho, Bruno Fernandes, Antony, Hojlund. Subs: Bayindir, Amrabat, Rashford, Eriksen, Reguilon, Pellistri, van de Beek, Mejbri, Bennett.
Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)
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