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From Matthew Howarth
BBC Sport
West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini stated his side are becoming”more consistent and more solid” after continued their good start to the campaign with victory over Manchester United.
Aims from Aaron Cresswell along with Andriy Yarmolenko earned their second successive home win against the Red Devils, who lost striker Marcus Rashford with a groin injury in the second half to the Hammers.
The result lifts up West Ham to fifth at the table – 12 areas and than in precisely the same stage last season.
“We’ve got more quality, but we are also more consistent and more solid,” said Pellegrini.
“It is very great to win, especially against Manchester United here at home and also keep a clean sheet. We tried to acquire from the start.
“We didn’t permit them to create opportunities and Andriy’s aim was the vital element to start the game. It turned out to be a good goal.”
The scoring opened sending a finish past David de Gea after patient buildup play involving Mark Noble along with Felipe Anderson.
Cresswell secured all three points for the hosts in the second half with a superb.
Chances were at a premium with Noble’s deflected effort, in a first half in London Stadium from Pablo Fornals’ free-kick the closest either team came until the strike of Yarmolenko to a breakthrough.
“Maybe we performed too fast from the first 45 minutes, and this explains the reason the reason we lost a lot of balls,” added the former Manchester City boss. “However, I told the players at half-time that if we defend the way we did in the first half, we were not likely to concede too many chances [in the second half].”
After linking with the low cross of Andreas Pereira, two weeks ought to have levelled however, failed to reach the target.
After making nine changes Solskjaer fielded the exact same team which beat Leicester in Old Trafford.
Rashford and nemanja Matic were the survivors from Thursday’s win, together with teenage striker Mason Greenwood – United’s match-winner against the Kazakh side – to tonsillitis.
Rashford, who’d gone five matches without a goal in open play until now, seemed during, failing to register a single shot.
A frustrating day was capped by the accident for Solskjaer, whose negative looked lethargic, lacklustre and short of ideas in the final third.
Matic’s long-range driveway, that was held by Lukas Fabianski, was the nearest they came at a first half that is .
The traffic ought to have restored parity when Mata obtained at the conclusion of the delivery of Pereira and improved in the second, but the midfielder somehow managed to steer the ball wide from point-blank range.
Harry Maguire went close to bringing the visitors flat before West Ham aim, firing straight at Fabianski following the Hammers had failed to clear a corner.
Manchester United’s poor away form is extended by the conquer – his final league victory on their travels came at Crystal Palace on 27 February.
Pellegrini’s prices were underside of the table following four games this season, but the result of Sunday lifts these three points above the side in the standings of Solskjaer – a hint of their advancement beneath the Chilean’s stewardship.
The Hammers have kept four consecutive clean sheets in all competitions, whilst summer enrolling Sebastien Haller and fit-again Yarmolenko have demonstrated promise up front.
Yarmolenko has been a menace, registering longer shots and breaking the deadlock with a finish that is written.
The Allied setup West Ham’s second midway through the second half, however, Felipe Anderson – who suffered a disappointing day – fired at p Gea by a tight angle.
The match stayed until the 84th minute on a knife edge, when Cresswell’s sublime free-kick – his first goal since April 2018 – secured the things for the home side.
The effect moves Pellegrini’s team level on issues using third-place Leicester.
West Ham director Manuel Pellegrini, talking to BBC Sport:”The international break was important for us since we had all the defenders and worked a lot to become concentrated, to make better tackles and improved movements.
“I think we must try to beat Bournemouth 1-0 in our next league game and then see what happens. We’re not considering the future”
Man Utd manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, talking to BBC Sport:”I am very disappointed. You are always disappointed when you lose matches. This was a match that we could have won. Going home tonight we will go through the match. In the moment we are just all very flat.
“Essential moments went . They had some wonderful finishes. We didn’t have the quality when we had those huge moments. At the Premier League if you don’t accept them you wont get any points. It tipped in their favour and we have to accept this.
“I am disappointed we didn’t win today, but apart from that I’m being really optimistic. I’ve stated many times that there will be lows and highs. We’ve had some highs on the way, now we just have to take we got no issues and look ahead to next week.”
West Ham traveling to Oxford United in the next round of their Carabao Cup on Wednesday, 25 September (19:45 BST) before visiting Bournemouth from the Premier League on Saturday, 28 September (15:00 BST).
After hosting Rochdale from the Carabao Cup on Wednesday (20:00 BST), Man Utd welcome Arsenal to Old Trafford in their next league game on Monday 30 September (20:00 BST).
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