London: West Ham inflicted more away-day pain on a poor Manchester United side on Sunday, lifting themselves to fourth in the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 win at the London Stadium.
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Andriy Yarmolenko’s goal shortly before half-time and a wonderful late Aaron Cresswell free-kick extended United’s barren run on the road.
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United, who started the season by thumping Chelsea 4-0, have lost twice already in their opening six league games and lie seventh, without an away win in any competition since March.
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Injury-hit United were without midfielder Paul Pogba and forward Anthony Martial and huffed and puffed but failed to break down their dogged opponents.
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West Ham are riding high under Manuel Pellegrini, unbeaten since a 5-0 drubbing in the first match of the season and this victory followed a home win last season against United at the London Stadium.
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But it was a chastening day for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men, just a day after champions Manchester City came close to matching United’s Premier League record for margin of victory — 9-0 against Ipswich in 1995.
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Solskjaer played the same side that triumphed against Leicester last week while Pablo Fornals came in for the injured Manuel Lanzini for the home side.
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Both sides were cagey at the start of the match, with neither side able to create clear-cut chances.
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West Ham looked the more inventive team when they broke forward while United looked ponderous in attack and lacking in ideas, with Marcus Rashford isolated up front.
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The match was drifting towards the interval before Felipe Anderson and Yarmolenko combined to sap United’s confidence with a goal in the 44th minute.
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United went close to an equaliser early in the second half as the rain came down in London, with Juan Mata missing from close range after an Andreas Pereira cross.
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Already short of options up front and missing creators in midfield, they lost Rashford just before the hour mark, replaced by the out-of-form Jesse Lingard.
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West Ham went close to doubling their lead shortly afterwards but David de Gea got down low to keep out an Anderson shot from a tight angle.
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United upped the pressure and West Ham had goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski to thank for keeping out a Harry Maguire strike from close range.
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But West Ham continued to look more dangerous on the break and made United pay when Ashley Young brought down Mark Noble on the edge of the penalty area.
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De Gea was a bystander as Cresswell curled a free-kick into the top right-hand corner to add to United’s pain.
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Diogo Jota’s last-gasp equaliser earned Wolverhampton Wanderers a 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace as their wait for a first Premier League win of the season continued.
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A mistake by Joel Ward five minutes into stoppage time allowed Jota to score from close range, earning Wolves a fourth draw from their six games.
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They had to do it the hard way though as they played the final stages with 10 men after Romain Saiss was shown a second yellow card for a foul on Wilfried Zaha.
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Palace, who could have gone sixth with a win, took the lead a minute after halftime when Ward’s powerful shot was headed into his own net by Leander Dendoncker.
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Results
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Palace 1 Wolves 1
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West Ham 2 Man United 0
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Playing later
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Arsenal v Aston Villa
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Chelsea v Liverpool
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Standings
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P W D L GF GA PTS
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Liverpool 5 5 0 0 15 4 15
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Man City 6 4 1 1 24 6 13
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Leicester 6 3 2 1 8 5 11
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West Ham 6 3 2 1 8 7 11
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Bournemouth 6 3 1 2 11 10 10
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Tottenham 6 2 2 2 12 8 8
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Man Utd 6 2 2 2 8 6 8
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Burnley 6 2 2 2 8 7 8
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Sheff Utd 6 2 2 2 7 6 8
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Chelsea 5 2 2 1 11 11 8
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Arsenal 5 2 2 1 8 8 8
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Crystal Palace 6 2 2 2 4 7 8
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Southampton 6 2 1 3 6 9 7
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Everton 6 2 1 3 5 9 7
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Brighton 6 1 3 2 5 8 6
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Norwich 6 2 0 4 9 14 6
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Newcastle 6 1 2 3 4 8 5
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Aston Villa 5 1 1 3 4 6 4
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Wolves 6 0 4 2 7 11 4
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Watford 6 0 2 4 4 18 2
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