Manchester United are resorting to some pot-shots.

A free-kick on the left is played short by Christian Eriksen to Bruno Fernandes, whose 30-yard effort is skewed well wide.

Of course, he scrunches his face and flicks his hand in the air.

Vladimir Coufal whips in an inviting cross from the right, but there's not enough pace on the delivery and Pablo Fornals' header is comfortably caught by the goalkeeper.

Babyboomer: Ten Hag should swap the wingers over. Eight defenders in the penalty area minimum so the wingers should be going round the back, not cutting inside and causing even more congestion.

These Sheriff players would head away a brick if Manchester United lobbed it their way.

They're loving this challenge.

Another minute, another Manchester United chance.

Cristiano Ronaldo finds a pocket of space and drills towards the bottom corner, only to see Gaby Kiki stick a hip in the way.

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Said Benrahma sets himself up for a shot but his powerful drive rises over the bar. A matter of time before a second?

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There have been quite a few appreciative thumbs up responses from Cristiano Ronaldo to his team-mates so far.

The Portuguese is evidently on his best behaviour and I expect it to stay like that until the World Cup.

What happens after that is very much open to question.

Manchester United are knocking hard on the Sheriff door. Christian Eriksen has a pop from distance, forcing keeper Maxym Koval into a smart stop low to his right.

Half an hour played at London Stadium and West Ham are well on course to reach the last 16 of the Europa Conference League as group winners.

David Moyes' side look comfortable following Manuel Lanzini's spot-kick.

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Within seconds there is another opportunity for Manchester United.

Victor Lindelof picks out the run of Bruno Fernandes and he squares to Cristiano Ronaldo in the six-yard box.

Surely he will score? No! Sheriff defender Gaby Kiki comes to the rescue.

Chance!

Bruno Fernandes is picked out in space for the first time tonight and tries to use a Sheriff defender as a screen, bending the ball around him but just past the post.

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The Hammers want to put this to bed quickly.

Manuel Lanzini attempts to beat goalkeeper Nicolai Larsen to a pass, but the offside flag is raised.

Sheriff manage to break out for a moment or two, but not for too long.

Normal service is resumed as Manchester United patiently probe for an opener, with 10 yellow Sheriff shirts lining up behind the ball in front of keeper Maxym Koval.

Michail Antonio stretches to meet Said Benrahma's pass and goes down as goalkeeper Nicolai Larsen comes flying out.

An unnecessary challenge from the keeper. Penalty!

Oooh. Sheriff midfielder Ibrahim Akanbi Rasheed swings an arm which catches Casemiro in the face when the pair tussle for possession.

The referee thinks that is worthy of a yellow and not a red.

Looked accidental to me.

Pablo Fornals does brilliantly to bring a long ball under control on his chest to set West Ham up.

Said Benrahma cuts the ball back to academy graduate Conor Coventry, who takes the shot first time but scoops it narrowly wide of the top corner. Great effort.

Another cute clip from Christian Eriksen sees Alejandro Garnacho get behind the Sheriff defence.

But the away side quickly recover after the youngster gets his feet in a bigger mess than Matt Goss on Strictly.

Blimey, that's a second Bros reference already.

We haven't seen anything from Silkeborg so far. They managed to score twice against West Ham in a 3-2 defeat in the reverse fixture in September but they've been forced to soak up a lot of pressure here and are yet to have an attempt of their own.

Just the 80% possession for Manchester United so far.

Imagine the territory is even closer to 100%.