Postpublished at 20:04 British Summer Time 7 May 2023
West Ham 1-0 Man Utd
No changes by either team at the start of the second half. David de Gea was in deep conversation with Marcus Rashford as the teams emerged from the tunnel.
West Ham move seven points clear of relegation zone with victory
De Gea at fault for winning goal when he failed to keep out tame Benrahma shot
Man Utd stay one point above fifth-placed Liverpool with victory
Result: Newcastle 0-2 Arsenal - Gunners cut gap to leaders Man City to one point
Odegaard and Schar own goal gives Gunners win in frenetic contest
Neil Johnston
West Ham 1-0 Man Utd
No changes by either team at the start of the second half. David de Gea was in deep conversation with Marcus Rashford as the teams emerged from the tunnel.
West Ham 1-0 Man Utd
A huge 45 minutes coming up for both teams. Away we go.
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Here’s what the BT Sport pundits had to say about David de Gea’s mistake…
Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand: “It’s a bad mistake. He will take full responsibility for that.
“His left foot does slip slightly but that’s no excuse, he’s got full contact on the ball. He can get a full hand to the ball, it’s not like he is stretching and getting fingertips on it. He’s got a whole hand on it. He misses it completely and it’s a big, big mistake from him.”
Former Liverpool, Tottenham and Stoke striker Peter Crouch: “David de Gea has had a shocker, we can’t dress it up.
“David de Gea cant set himself, but even then, if you look at De Gea’s position, he’s back peddling, back peddling and then he cant get on the front foot at all. You cant justify it at all, it’s a terrible mistake.”
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Kit: As bad as the mistake by De Gea is, it doesn’t change the fact that we’re not winning games like this because, as Luke Shaw said in the week, the attack is not creating/taking their chances
Peter: What does Weghorst bring to Manchester United? Answers only, please. At least CR7 could score goals. This dude only runs all day to no end result.
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West Ham United
Since David Moyes' Everton beat Manchester United 1-0 in August 2012, his teams have been a 1-0 ahead at half-time against the Red Devils on two occasions. Both times it was with West Ham and both times they ended up not winning the game; 1-1 away draw in July 2020 and 3-1 home defeat in December 2020.
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As a Liverpool fan, may Ten Hag continue playing De Gea, and may the blunders continue...
Alex
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Great reception for West Ham's triumphant FA Youth Cup winning side earlier when they paraded the trophy before kick-off.
They thrashed Arsenal 5-1 in the final last month to win it for the first time since 1999.
FT: Newcastle 0-2 Arsenal
Arsenal
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "I am extremely happy, obviously and then there is pride. I am very proud of the players for the way they handled the environment and a team who has a lot of things that they do really well. We handled that really well. There was a lot of emotion from what happened last year here and in sport, when you have another opportunity, you have to show you have learned and approach it from a different way. I saw the fight in them to do it a different way today.
"We have to get back to that feeling [of losing last year - the video of which he showed his players ahead of Sunday] to understand. It is not enough just to talk about it. We have to see our faces and understand the emotions, not just the players but the staff also. You don't want to be like this anymore, it is a horrible feeling. Today we had to show a different type of competitiveness, desire and then quality.
"You have to continue to grow. We have done it for 10 months and we have to keep digging every day. The demands are incredibly high., we know that. We are doing what we have to do, to win football matches and competing really well. It is three games to go and we are still there.
"Before the game, I felt that I would put my boots on today because the atmosphere was incredible. That is what you want. You are playing for a championship, we guarantee second place. Let's keep going and digging and digging and see what is there."
It's been a good day for Arsenal. Let's get some reaction from Mikel Arteta to his side's 2-0 win at Newcastle.
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As a Man Utd fan, I find the ingratitude towards De Gea really hard to comprehend. He's been outstanding for so many years and has saved our bacon countless times, including this year. He makes one mistake, and you all want him out? Disgraceful!
Anon
West Ham 1-0 Man Utd
A half David de Gea will want to forget.
West Ham 1-0 Man Utd
Big chance for West Ham right at the end of the first half!
And it's Said Benrahma again but this time David de Gea gets down to make the save. West Ham, however, want a penalty against Victor Lindelof as the visitors break at the other end.
VAR has a look at it and rules no spot kick.
West Ham 1-0 Man Utd
Erik ten Hag is standing on the edge of his technical area hands in pockets. Big team talk required from the Manchester United boss at half-time.
West Ham 1-0 Man Utd
As it stands, West Ham are SEVEN points clear of the relegation zone. They've had three attempts and scored one goal. Manchester United have had 10 attempts - none on target.
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Without Varane and Martinez, United are seriously lacking leaders. They look pretty lost out there. West Ham to win this 2-0.
Mark
West Ham 1-0 Man Utd
Manchester United are trying to carve out another opening nut West Ham are not making it easy. Marcus Rashford manages to get on the end of a deep cross but it's a tame header straight at Lukasz Fabianski.
West Ham 1-0 Man Utd
Around five minutes left in the first half. You can be sure Said Benrahma's goal was cheered all way back in Liverpool. The race for a Champions League place is really hotting up.
West Ham 1-0 Man Utd
Jarrod Bowen crashes to the ground after a late challenge by Tyrell Malacia who is rightly shown a yellow card. That was a very poor challenge.
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Andrew: It really is time for United to move on from De Gea. His lack of quality distributing the ball is already at odds with what Ten Hag seems to want from his goalkeeper, and there are just too many errors in his game now.
West Ham 1-0 Man Utd
There's been a lot of noise surrounding David de Gea's future lately. That noise is only going to get louder after his terrible error at London Stadium.