Manchester United’s depressing run of kind continued on Sunday afternoon with a controversial 2-1 defeat away to struggling West Ham United.
Erik ten Hag’s facet would possibly rely themselves unfortunate to not come away with a consequence, however they now discover themselves 14th within the Premier League with simply 11 factors on the board.
United dominated the primary 45 minutes however didn’t handle to seek out the again of the online. They got here shut on a number of events, with Diogo Dalot lacking one of many best possibilities conceivable, firing over the bar when he had an open internet to purpose for.
Within the second half, the momentum utterly swung. After a dominant first interval from the Pink Devils, it was Julen Lopetegui’s Hammers who have been on high.
Their strain paid off, and Crysencio Summerville gave them the lead within the 74th minute. United fought again, and Casemiro equalised simply seven minutes later.
Nonetheless, with moments left on the clock, the house facet have been awarded a penalty after Danny Ings was deemed to be kicked over by Matthijs de Ligt. It was a controversial name, however meant West Ham bought all three factors after Jarrod Bowen slotted dwelling the winner from the spot.
On a disappointing day in East London for United, there have been some gamers who significantly struggled, together with Alejandro Garnacho.
Garnacho’s stats vs. West Ham
Making his one hundredth senior look for the well-known membership, Garnacho had a day to neglect on the London Stadium. Though he was concerned within the sport all through, he missed some essential possibilities and misplaced the ball for the Hammers’ opener.
The primary of these misses got here a matter of minutes into the sport. Bruno Fernandes gained the ball for United and squared it to his Argentine teammate within the penalty field, who proceeded to rattle the crossbar. He additionally fired a shot large moments later, which he had appeared to bend into the far proper nook from the left-hand facet of the field.
Certainly, the 20-year-old acquired a score of simply 5/10 for his efficiency on the London Stadium. Goal journalist Richard Martin described the teenager’s efficiency as ‘energetic however actually wasteful’.
His stats after the game confirmed how irritating a day it was for United’s quantity 17. Garnacho had 60 touches of the ball, however misplaced possession 16 occasions and missed one huge probability. Off the ball, he gained simply one in all his three tried floor duels.
It was actually a disappointing day for the younger winger, and he was not the one one of many attackers who struggled. Rasmus Hojlund additionally had a tricky day on the workplace.
Hojlund’s stats vs. West Ham
After being slowly eased again into motion following damage by United boss Ten Hag, Hojlund hit the bottom working with targets in opposition to Porto and Brentford. Nonetheless, it was a special story on the London Stadium.
The younger Danish striker barely bought a kick in opposition to West Ham. Though United managed to create so many possibilities, his involvement was few and much between, and the one huge probability he did get, which he did nicely to trend out within the first place, was nicely saved by Lukasz Fabianski.
It was not a simple afternoon for United’s quantity 9, as his post-match stats counsel. Hojlund had simply 26 touches, fewer than Pink Devils goalkeeper Andre Onana, who had 40. Hojlund misplaced the ball six occasions and gained simply three of his 5 duels.
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Hojlund stats vs. West Ham |
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Stat |
Quantity |
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Touches |
26 |
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Move accuracy |
88% |
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Passes accomplished |
15/17 |
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Duels gained |
3/5 |
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Variety of occasions possession misplaced |
6 |
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Pictures heading in the right direction |
2 |
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Stats from Sofascore |
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Following the sport, the striker acquired a score of simply 4/10 from Martin. He defined that the teenager ‘barely bought a sniff’ in opposition to a West Ham defence who’ve had their frailties this season, to say the least.
United shall be hoping to get Hojlund extra concerned in his subsequent outing, with the facet in determined want of targets and wins as they appear to select up the momentum following a poor season to date.
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