West Ham 2 – 1 Man Utd

Jarrod Bowen scored a controversial Ninetieth-minute penalty as West Ham grabbed a treasured 2-1 win over wasteful Manchester United on the London Stadium to leapfrog Erik ten Hag’s aspect within the desk.

Casemiro seemed to have rescued a degree for the guests after sub Crysencio Summerville had capitalised on some surprising first-half ending to place West Ham forward.

However there was drama within the remaining moments when ref David Coote was despatched to the pitchside monitor by VAR Michael Oliver to look at a collision between Matthijs de Ligt and Danny Ings. Replays appeared to point out the United defender clipping the ball together with his thigh earlier than catching the West Ham attacker on the decrease leg however Coote – after an extended evaluation – determined there was sufficient contact to warrant a penalty.

Man Utd’s gamers have been incensed however Bowen saved his cool to seek out the underside nook and ship his aspect as much as thirteenth within the desk, forward of Man Utd on objectives scored.

It was an actual hammer blow for Ten Hag, who had seen Diogo Dalot fireplace a miss-of-the-season contender over an unguarded aim in a gap 45 minutes which additionally included Alejandro Garnacho hitting the bar, Edson Alvarez heading in opposition to the body of his personal West Ham aim and Man Utd move up a collection of different good alternatives.

The strain on Ten Hag will ramp up once more. It is only one win in eight matches now for his aspect throughout all competitions. In distinction, the scrutiny on his reverse quantity Julen Lopetegui eases.

Ten Hag: VAR unsuitable to intervene for penalty choice

Man Utd boss Erik ten Hag:

“Clear and apparent is not how VAR labored. How they run their course of. Earlier than the season they defined the method of VAR – solely when clear and apparent they need to intervene. What they did not do in opposition to Spurs, that was a unsuitable choice. And now they make a unsuitable choice interfering and each have large influence on the video games. I do not criticise the personnel I criticise the method.

“We created so many possibilities, performed so good soccer, particularly within the first half. How I would like my crew to play out and in of possession. I [counted] six, seven 100 per cent possibilities we should always have scored. That may be a level of enchancment. However total I had not so many criticisms of my crew, aside from not scoring.

“At this second the luck is unquestionably not on our aspect. Final season was not completely different. Close to the tip we turned it round. We’re so decided it is going to be the identical case at present. We have now to show this round and it’ll flip round if we hold taking part in like we are actually – Brentford, Fenerbahce, at present we performed actually good soccer.”

Was De Ligt harshly punished in penalty incident?

Sky Sports activities’ Peter Smith…

With 87 minutes on the clock there was contact between De Ligt and Ings within the field. Initially ref Coote did not award a penalty. Nonetheless, VAR Michael Oliver deemed there was enough contact on Ings’ decrease leg to suggest an on-field evaluation.

Coote then spent round two minutes on the pitchside monitor watching replays of the incident.

It appeared that De Ligt made contact with the ball together with his thigh earlier than catching the West Ham attacker on the decrease leg however ref Coote in the end determined the problem was a foul and awarded a penalty.

The consensus of journalists round us within the press field was that it could not be given as a penalty and there was shock when it was awarded.

Jamie O’Hara on Sky Sports activities Information:

“That was re-refereeing the sport. The on-field referee might see it, he did not give it.

“There was not sufficient contact.

“That was not a correct foul. It is only a little bit of contact within the field. The ball was bouncing and it would not have made any distinction to the place that ball was going.

“That was not clear and apparent. That was not an enormous error.”

Lopetegui: Within the second half we have been the higher crew

West Ham have been reworked by a triple change at half time, when Lucas Paqueta, Konstantinos Mavropanos and Carlos Soler have been swapped for Summerville, Jean-Clair Todibo and Tomas Soucek.

They might have taken the lead earlier than Summerville’s back-post end from Ings’ mis-hit when Emerson miscued a flick from Michail Antonio’s cutback. And boss Lopetegui was inspired by the second half exhibiting after an at-times shambolic defensive show earlier than the break.

“The primary half they have been higher. The second half we modified and we deserved to win the second half. It is true that they had possibilities and that is why we modified quite a bit. Within the second half I feel we have been higher than them.

“Within the second half I might like to spotlight the dedication, the vitality, the mentality and the help from our followers. After they equalised we did not get down and we have been capable of beat probably the greatest groups on the planet. We’re comfortable and looking out ahead.”

Ten Hag’s largest drawback on present once more

Sky Sports activities’ Peter Smith:

Erik ten Hag mentioned there have been “six or seven 100 per cent possibilities we should always have scored”. Opta made it 5 clear-cut openings. However regardless of the determine, this was one other match by which Man Utd’s poor ending value them.

The late penalty name will rightly be debated however Man Utd ought to have been out of sight by then. They might have been 4-0 up on the break in opposition to West Ham. Diogo Dalot made his entry for miss-of-the-decade, Alejandro Garnacho hit the bar and spurned one other good likelihood after slicing in from the left, whereas Bruno Fernandes’ drought goes on after he headed Casemiro’s good move over the bar.

“At this second, luck is unquestionably not on our aspect,” added Ten Hag, after a sport which additionally noticed West Ham’s Edson Alvarez head in opposition to the body of his personal aim.

However United’s ending drawback is greater than a matter of luck. It is too substantial a difficulty for that. Solely Crystal Palace and Southampton (six) have scored fewer Premier League objectives than United’s whole of eight this season. They’ve the most important distinction between Anticipated Objectives and objectives scored within the competitors, with the stat suggesting they need to have scored six or seven greater than they’ve.

It is a matter of composure within the remaining third and precision in the important thing second. United are lacking that proper now and it’s costing them simply as a lot as any controversial refereeing name.

Dalot’s unbelievable miss

A ball excessive from Fernandes discovered Dalot working in behind the West Ham defence. He clipped the ball previous Fabianski and seemed sure to attain from the angle of the six-yard field – however someway lofted his shot over.

There was no offside flag and the sport restarted with a goal-kick. There was nothing to spare Dalot’s blushes.

Sky Sports activities Information’ Paul Gilmour at London Stadium:

“Wow. The whole stadium braced themselves for that to hit the online however as an alternative they’re laughing within the residence finish.

“Dalot did the tough half however has someway missed an open aim.

“He did not fairly watch for the ball to come back down sufficient and has lofted it over with the aim gaping.”

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