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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WIDE! Bowen leads the Hammers' counter-attack and engages three defenders before teeing up Paqueta. He shoots from the edge of the box, but his effort swerves away from the target and flashes wide of De Gea's right post!
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CHANCE! A cross from Cresswell is headed away to Benrahma, who slips a clever pass through to Rice. He charges right up to the byline and cuts the ball back across the face of goal, but no-one in a claret shirt can get there and Rashford clears for the visitors!
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Weghorst comes off in the first of Erik ten Hag's changes, and Anthony Martial will come on to lead the line for United.
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SAVED!! Wan-Bissaka darts down the right flank and picks out Weghorst with a low pass to the edge of the box. The Netherlands striker fires his first-time effort towards goal, but the curling shot is well held by Fabianski for West Ham!
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Having already been denied what appeared to be a stonewall penalty in the first half, the home crowd is unsurprisingly furious at another borderline decision going against them. Perhaps on another day, they would be 3-0 up, but the Hammers are still well on top at the moment with their one-goal lead.
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BALL IN THE NET!!! A long throw from the Hammers is nodded on at the near post by Soucek. De Gea flaps at the ball and can only push it back into the danger area, and Bowen scoops an awkward shot into the net! The referee points towards the centre spot, but not for a goal - it's a free-kick to United after he judges that the goalkeeper was impeded!
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Wan-Bissaka cuts the ball back towards Antony from the byline, and the Brazilian attempts to feed Fernandes in the box. The ball ricochets back to Antony, whose first-time strike is blocked by a defender and West Ham set off on the break.
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