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EPL: Manchester United suffer heavy defeat to West Ham

By Haruna Mubarak
EPL: West Ham sinks Manchester United
EPL: West Ham sinks Manchester United
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West Ham thrashed Manchester United 3-1 at the London Stadium in the English Premier League.

The Hammers continued their form against Manchester United as they are undefeated in three games since defeating Everton by 2-0 at Goodison Park.

Brazilian winger Felipe Anderson sent the Hammers into the lead in the first 5 minutes with a tap-in following an inch-perfect cross from Zabaleta.
 
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The Red Devils came near to getting the equalizer as Lukaku got a thumping header which came off the post.

Manuel Pellegrini's men doubled their lead with a curled effort courtesy Yarmolenko in the 43rd minute which took a big deflection off Lindelof and looped into the net!

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Marcus Rashford pulled one back for the visitors with a backheel following a cross from Luke Shaw in the 71st minute.

4 minutes after scoring, Manchester United were caught off-guard by striker Arnautrovic who beat the offside trap and struck the ball at the near post past De Gea in a one-on-one situation to put the Hammers in a driving seat.
 
 
The visitors threw everything at the Hammers but failed to secure a win nor restore parity as West Ham won by 3-1.

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