Man Utd 1-1 West Ham: Hammers deny Ruben Amorim’s side top five spot
- GOAL! Man Utd 1-1 West Ham | Soungoutou Magassa, 83 mins
- GOAL! Man Utd 1-0 West Ham | Diogo Dalot 57 mins
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Tony Mogan
Published December 4, 2025 6:20pm
Updated December 4, 2025 10:02pm
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Manchester United missed the chance to move into the Premier League top five after they were held to a draw at home to West Ham United.
United’s last home game was a disaster – beaten by a 10-man Everton on a night where Ruben Amorim’s side reverted back to some of their old, worrying habits.
Thursday’s showing was not much better with the hosts again devoid of any real intensity or cutting edge.
Victory would have lifted United up to fifth, level on points with fourth place Chelsea.
But another missed opportunity leaves them slumped in eighth.
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Matheus Cunha returned to Ruben Amorim’s starting XI after missing the last two games but his presence did little to spark his side into life.
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After another slow start, United found the breakthrough just before the hour mark. Casemiro’s deflected shot broke into the path of Diogo Dalot whose first touch was excellent, setting him up to first past Alphonse Areola in the West Ham goal.
Dalot on target to open the scoring for United (Picture: Getty)
United failed to build on their lead and as they have so often let happen, allowed the game to drift from them.
With 83 minutes on the clock, Jarrod Bowen latched onto a corner with his header kept off the line by Noussair Mazraoui. Soungoutou Magassa was onto the rebound in a flash, keeping his cool to slot into an empty net.
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December 4, 2025 9:57 pm FULL-TIME: Man Utd 1-1 West Ham Tony MoganMore points dropped at home for United.
December 4, 2025 9:48 pm Man Utd 1-1 West Ham Tony Mogan90 mins | Five added on here.
December 4, 2025 9:45 pm Man Utd 1-1 West Ham Tony Mogan87 mins | Another change for Man Utd here – Lisandro Martinez replaces Shaw.
December 4, 2025 9:42 pm Man Utd 1-1 West Ham Tony Mogan84 mins | A corner causes havoc with Bowen gettitng a near post flick on, beating Lammens. Mazraoui does brilliantly to clear it off the line but Magassa is on the rebound to slot home!
December 4, 2025 9:41 pm GOAL! Man Utd 1-1 West Ham | Soungoutou Magassa, 83 mins Tony MoganThe Hammers are level!
December 4, 2025 9:35 pm Man Utd 1-0 West Ham Tony Mogan76 mins | A couple of changes for United – Mason Mount and Manuel Ugarte enter the fray for Cunha and Zirkzee.
December 4, 2025 9:32 pm Man Utd 1-0 West Ham Tony Mogan72 mins | United howl for a penalty as Mbeumo is brought down by Todibo while cutting in from the right. The defender’s leg was outstretched, but there didn’t appear to be much contact.
December 4, 2025 9:25 pm Man Utd 1-0 West Ham Tony Mogan66 mins | That will be Dalot’s last contribution – Patrick Dorgu is onto replace him.
December 4, 2025 9:17 pm Man Utd 1-0 West Ham Tony Mogan58 mins | United’s pressure pays off! Casemiro’s pot shot from outside the box takes a deflection right into the path of Dalot but he still has plenty of work to do. His first touch is superb and his second isn’t bad either, firing past Areola from 12 yards out.
December 4, 2025 9:16 pm GOAL! Man Utd 1-0 West Ham | Diogo Dalot 57 mins Tony MoganUnited have the breakthrough!
December 4, 2025 9:12 pm Man Utd 0-0 West Ham Tony Mogan53 mins | Zirkzee smartly switches play to the right and United surge forward. It comes back to Casemiro in field who is fouled by Soucek.
December 4, 2025 9:05 pm Man Utd 0-0 West Ham Tony Mogan46 mins | One change at the break and Heaven, on a yellow card, has been hooked with Leny Yoro onto replace him.
December 4, 2025 9:02 pm SECOND-HALF UNDERWAY Tony MoganHere we go again.
December 4, 2025 8:50 pm All square at the break Tony MoganThere was a bit more about United as that half wore on but there is still a startling lack of intensity in the home side tonight.
The chance to go fifth beckons this evening – another costly slip-up at home would be pretty disastrous.
December 4, 2025 8:46 pm HALF-TIME! Tony MoganGoalless at the break.
December 4, 2025 8:45 pm Man Utd 0-0 West Ham Tony Mogan45 mins | United would rather carry on having finally found a bit of drive but half-time is almost upon us – just one minute added on.
December 4, 2025 8:43 pm Man Utd 0-0 West Ham Tony Mogan42 mins | Fernandes lifts another cross in that Zirkzee tries to flick towards the near post. The connection isn’t there and it drifts harmlessly out for a goal kick.
December 4, 2025 8:40 pm Man Utd 0-0 West Ham Tony Mogan40 mins | Fernandes flings a free kick in that Cunha knocks back across goal. It falls to Amad who goes for an acrobatic effort but he gets it all wrong.
December 4, 2025 8:39 pm Man Utd 0-0 West Ham Tony Mogan37 mins | Two brilliant bits of defending from Wan-Bissaka in quick succession against his old club – one of his trademark slide tackles in the box to dispossess Cunha and an excellent clearance to get a wonderful cross from Fernandes clear.
December 4, 2025 8:34 pm Man Utd 0-0 West Ham Tony Mogan31 mins | United are moving with a bit more intent now with their best work coming through Amad down the right.
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