West Ham vs Manchester United - as it happened: Jose Mourinho slumps to yet another defeat
All the action from Saturday's opening Premier League clash
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester United's troubled season reached a new low after a 3-1 defeat at West Ham.
Felipe Anderson's early strike, a Victor Lindelof own-goal and Marko Arnautovic's finish left United manager Jose Mourinho increasingly feeling the heat.
The drama at Old Trafford is rapidly turning into a crisis as United equalled their worst start to a Premier League season with just 10 points from their opening seven matches.
Here's how it played out:
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82: McTomniay has a well-hit shot turned behind for a corner. United take it short and work the ball back to Young, but he is standing offside. You couldn't make this up.
83: Marko Arnautovic's work here is done and he leaves the pitch to a standing ovation as Michail Antonio comes on in his place.
85:
Former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves on BT Sport. "I thought it was a must win game, this performance the scoreline suggest there's many issues they need to address they need to find a way to come together and stick together."
Four minutes of added time
Not too much has been happening since West Ham scored, they've kept the ball nicely and United have done completely nothing.
West Ham 3-0 Manchester United
Manchester United have equaled their worst leave side since 1989/90, and have the same as points as David Moyes side did in 2013/14.
United will get all the headlines, but West Ham deserve a huge amount of credit for their performance.
↵Five things we learned from the London Stadium
United set up to fail, the West Ham way, not the West Ham way and where was Alexis Sanchez?
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