{"id":482200,"date":"2025-12-04T21:15:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T22:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=482200"},"modified":"2025-12-05T01:21:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T01:21:45","slug":"nightmare-for-man-united-as-crucial-win-goes-begging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=482200","title":{"rendered":"'Nightmare' for Man United as crucial win goes begging"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester United<\/a> missed a crucial chance to inch closer towards the Premier League<\/a>'s top-four\ufeff after having victory snatched away by relegation battlers West Ham<\/a> in an 83rd minute dagger blow that forced them to settle for a 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n

With the clock winding down, the Old Trafford crowd held their breath as the home side attempted to shut the game down with a 1-0 lead, but the script was torn up when Soungoutou Magassa struck a late equaliser.<\/p>\n

A corner for the visitors was cleared off the line by a United defender, but the French youngster belted it into the back of the net.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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"It's a nightmare at the back for Manchester United," Drury said.<\/p>\n

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Bruno Fernandes had an opportunity to pinch the win in the 95th minute, but his shot sailed wide and into the grandstand – and with it went two competition points. \ufeff<\/p>\n

As the full-time whistle blew, United's rowdy fans began to boo the result. \ufeff<\/p>\n

While a late flurry raised the supporters' heart rates, it took an age before either side could make a dent in the opponents' defence.<\/p>\n

After a tense first half\ufeff that saw United unable to break through the Hammers' resolve, it was left-back Diogo Dalot who broke the deadlock in the 58th minute.<\/p>\n

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It marked Dalot's first goal since April and his first in the Premier League in 18 months as he put the hosts ahead and sent the fans into raptures.<\/p>\n

A deflected shot from Casemiro landed right at the Portuguese star's feet and he made the most of the golden opportunity, taking a lovely touch before sinking it.<\/p>\n

"Bit of luck about the way it came to him, but it's a clinical hit … his first goal since April and his first in the Premier League since May last year," commentator Peter Drury said.<\/p>\n

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The result sees the Red Devils remain in eighth spot, whereas a win would have pushed them up to fifth and level on points with the fourth-placed Chelsea, who suffered a horror 3-1 defeat at the hands of Leeds<\/a> on Thursday morning (AEDT).<\/p>\n

Ruben Amorim's men will look to bounce back against Wolverhampton on Tuesday morning (AEDT) and keep in touch with the Champions League qualification positions. \ufeff<\/p>\n

West Ham remain in 18th spot despite splitting the points against United and will next face Brighton on Monday morning (AEDT).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Manchester United missed a crucial chance to inch closer towards the Premier League's top-four\ufeff after having victory snatched away by relegation battlers West Ham in […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":482204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482200"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=482200"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482208,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482200\/revisions\/482208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/482204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=482200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=482200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=482200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}