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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Just the EIGHT added minutes to play at the London Stadium, largely owing to that pair of head injuries, but that's not much of a reprieve for an increasingly nervy home crowd here!
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A cross from the right isn't dealt with properly by Casemiro, sparking a scramble for the ball in United's box. Bowen and Antonio both scrap and fight for the ball, but the visitors come up with it and Fred clears.
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Rice is there again for West Ham to cut out Dalot's clearance, and he bursts into the box. He crosses from the byline, but Dalot recovers to deflect the ball into the side netting and behind for a corner to the hosts.
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Fernandes' cross finds Casemiro at the far post, but his looping header doesn't trouble Fabianski who is able to watch it drop wide of his post.
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Substitution Tyrell Johannes Chicco Malacia Frederico Rodrigues de Paula Santos
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Substitution Aaron Wan-Bissaka José Diogo Dalot Teixeira
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Paqueta beats Lindelof to a high ball before surging clear on the break for West Ham, but Shaw slides in to dispossess the midfielder before he can release Antonio ahead of him.
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Substitution Mohamed Saïd Benrahma Pablo Fornals Malla
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