West Ham turned the set-piece tables on Manchester United to snatch a draw at Old Trafford thanks to Soungoutou Magassa's 83rd-minute equaliser.
The build-up to the Premier League match had centered around head coach Ruben Amorim's admission he had "stolen" rival managers' ideas of how to score from set-pieces.
It had allowed Manchester United to move alongside Arsenal for the most goals scored via set-pieces this season, while no-one had conceded more than West Ham.
There was an element of irony therefore that the visitors should profit from one as Noussair Mazraoui's goalline clearance from Jarrod Bowen's flicked header from a West Ham corner should fall to Magassa, who gleefully smashed home his first goal for the club.
It was not enough to take West Ham out of the relegation zone but it did prevent Manchester United moving up to fifth.
That was where Amorim's side seemed to be heading thanks to Diogo Dalot's first Premier League goal in more than two years.
Dalot took one touch to control a deflected Casemiro shot eight yards out before beating Alphonse Areola with a tidy finish in front of the Stretford End after 58 minutes.
But it was a laboured performance from the hosts, who have now won once in their past five games, and the final whistle brought a smattering of boos from the home fans.
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