Manchester United vs West Ham LIVE: Premier League score and result after Alejandro Garnacho double
Manchester United beat West Ham in the Premier League
Manchester United’s Alejandro Garnacho netted twice after Rasmus Hojlund scored on his 21st birthday as the Old Trafford side beat West Ham United 3-0 to climb above the visitors into sixth place in the Premier League on Sunday.
On the heels of a 4-3 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Thursday, Erik ten Hag’s team now have 38 points after 23 games, eight adrift of fourth spot. The Hammers are seventh with 36.
Hojlund scored in the 23rd minute when Casemiro prodded the ball forward after West Ham failed to clear a high ball. The Dane knocked the ball past a couple of defenders before firing home from the centre of the box into the bottom corner.
Hojlund, who did not score his first league goal until Dec. 26, became the youngest player in the Old Trafford team’s history to score in four consecutive Premier League appearances.
Garnacho doubled the lead in the 49th after his shot from the corner of the box took a big deflection to send substitute goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski the wrong way.
The Argentine netted his second in the 84th after Kalvin Phillips lost the ball and Scott McTominay pounced, finding Garnacho in the box.
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Soucek cynically takes out Mainoo off the ball as Hojlund looked to lead a United counter-attack. The West Ham man receives a booking for his troubles.
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The visitors are enjoying the majority of the pressure now, with United not really capitalising on taking the lead. Moyes will be encouraged despite the scoreline.
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Before this match, United have won all of the previous 20 times they have scored the first goal at home to West Ham in the Premier League. Can the Hammers break that unwanted streak by finding a way back into the contest?
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Bowen loops a cross to the back post, where Kudus does well to divert a header back across goal. However, Onana again is there to make the save. West Ham are certainly knocking on the door, but they remain a goal down.
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Hojlund (21y 0d) is the youngest player to score in four successive Premier League appearances since Dele Alli in January 2017 (20y 268d).
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Johnson blasts the ball towards goal from all of 30 yards out, but it only serves to sting the hands of Onana as he beats away to his right.
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On his 21st birthday, Hojlund has become the youngest player to score in four consecutive Premier League appearances for United.
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A free-kick in a great position has West Ham fans almost expecting the ball to find the back of the net with Ward-Prowse stood over it. However, it's not the set-piece wizard's finest effort as the ball hits the wall and deflects away from danger.
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