West Ham returned to winning ways at Old Trafford with a comfortable victory against Europa League finalists Manchester Utd.
Without a win since defeating Leicester 2-0 back in March, some nine matches ago, the Hammers strolled to victory against a disappointing home side on a rare sunny day in Manchester.New father Tomas Soucek, restored to the starting XI opened the scoring for the Hammers with 26 minutes on the clock; the Czechia international steering home Mo Kudus' low centre from the left to give Graham Potter's side a slender half time advantage.
And Kudus was involved again in the build-up for the second, decisive goal 12 minutes after the restart. His deflected shot fell to former Mancunian Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who squared the ball for skipper Jarrod Bowen to striker into the bottom corner and give the Hammers what proved to be an unassailable lead.
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West Ham Utd: Areola, Coufal (Emerson 83), Todibo (Mavropanos 83), Kilman, Cresswell, Wan-Bissaka, Rodríguez (Álvarez 63), Ward-Prowse, Souček, Kudus (Soler 73), Bowen (Füllkrug 73)
Subs not used: Fabiański, Paquetá, Luis Guilherme, Ferguson
Goals: Souček (26), Bowen (57)
Booked: Cresswell
Manchester Utd: Bayindir, Mazraoui, Yoro (Maguire 52), Shaw (Lindelöf 52), Amass, Ugarte (Dorgu 59), Mainoo, Amad (Eriksen 83), Fernandes, Mount (Garnacho 59), Højlund
Subs not used: Heaton, Casemiro, Fredricson, Obi
Possession: MUFC 52%-48% WHUFC
Shot/on target: MUFC 20/5-9/4 WHUFC
xG: MUFC 2.50-1.66 WHUFC
Referee: Jarred Gillett
Attendance: 73,804
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