West Ham United 3-1 Manchester United: Jose Mourinho's week goes from bad to worse
Manchester United's horror week continued as they were beaten 3-1 by West Ham at the London Stadium.
Felipe Anderson opened the scoring for the hosts after just five minutes with a delightful flick to beat David De Gea and their lead was doubled before the break after Andriy Yarmolenko's shot deflected in off Victor Lindelof.
Substitute Marcus Rashford, returning from suspension, pulled one back before star man Marco Arnautovic, returning from injury, made it three with just over 15 minutes remaining.
The result sums up a dreadful week for Jose Mourinho, after stripping Paul Pogba of his vice captaincy and facing rumours of unrest in his squad which came after the Carabao Cup defeat to Derby County.
It means a winning West Ham (draw no bet) tip from Sporting Life's betting preview. It was also the Hammers' first home league victory since the final day of last season lifts them to 12th in the table. Manchester United drop to eighth - eight points off leaders Liverpool having played a game more - after equalling their worst start to a Premier League season.
Jose Mourinho and Man United specials (via Sky Bet)
- Not to be manager for the last league game of the 2018/19 season - 2/5
- Not to be manager on Christmas Day 2018 - 8/13
- Still to be manager for the last league game 2018/19 season - 7/4
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Opta match facts
- West Ham enjoyed just their second win in their last 20 Premier League matches against Manchester United (D5 L13), along with a 3-2 victory at Upton Park in May 2016.
- West Ham beat Manchester United by a 2+ goal margin in a league game for the first time since October 1982 (also 3-1).
- Manchester United have won just 10 points in the Premier League this season; they last picked up fewer points from their opening seven games of a top-flight campaign in 1989/90 (7).
- Manchester United have scored three Premier League own-goals in 2018, more than any other side.
- Felipe Anderson is only the second Brazilian to score for West Ham in the Premier League, after Ilan Araujo, who scored four for the club in 2010.
- West Ham full-back Pablo Zabaleta has registered 12 assists in 81 Premier League games under Manuel Pellegrini, compared to nine in 190 under other managers.
- Manchester United's David De Gea has kept just one clean sheet in his opening seven Premier League games this season having kept six shut-outs in his first seven last season.
- Manchester United attacker Marcus Rashford has had a hand in four goals in six Premier League appearances against West Ham (1 goal, 3 assists).
- In 2018, only Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (24) has been directly involved in more Premier League goals than Marko Arnautovic (17 – 10 goals, 7 goals).
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Odds correct as of 1500 BST on 29/09/18
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