By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
Manchester United players on Saturday redeemed their image by winning 3-1 away at West Ham in a Premier League match.
The club, which midweek, lost 1-3 at home to Paris St-Germain (PSG) in a Champions League match, came behind to achieve victory, which catapulted it to fourth in the table.
Goals from Paul Pogba, Mason Greenwood and substitute Marcus Rashford turned things around for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side, who had fallen behind in all five away games this term but won every match as part of a club-record nine successive away league victories.
In at match, watched by fans live at the stadium for the first time since the COVID-19 lockdown, the
David Moyes’ side piled pressure from the onset, which was rewarded when the unmarked Tomas Soucek headed in from a corner after 38 minutes.
They should have added more before the interval, but Pablo Fornals hit the post and Sebastien Haller slipped at the crucial moment after rounding goalkeeper Dean Henderson – who was making his first Premier League start for the visitors.
After being omitted with a crucial Champions League meeting with RB Leipzig looming on Tuesday, the introduction of Bruno Fernandes and Rashford coincided with a much-improved second-half display from Solskjaer’s side.
Pogba’s excellent finish from outside the box eventually stood following a VAR review to check whether Henderson’s long clearance to Rashford had curled out of play and then back in.
Rashford’s cool finish after Greenwood had slotted in from Alex Telles’ cross made it three goals in 13 minutes as United moved two points behind leaders Tottenham.
