After Manchester United were beaten 5-3 by Leicester City despite leading 2-0 and 3-1, we believed that anything could happen with this club.
This time, United faced West Ham at Old Trafford and with nine players injured, Louis Van Gaal made a risk and gave three players their debuts, two coming from the youth academy.
Luke Shaw, Paddy Mcnair and Tom Thorpe had a chance to prove that they were the solution to the club's weak defending since the past year.
Just 5 minutes after kick off, the Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney proved his quality to all those who doubted him and scored a magnificent one touch goal from a cross by the Brazilian right back Rafael.
Less than a minute later, West Ham forward Enner Valencia exposed United's backline and got a one on one chance with the keeper but showed the difference between him and Rooney. He shot over the post because of lack of composure and steadiness.
The second goal came in the 22nd minute when Radamel Falcao made a stupendous through pass to Robin Van Persie who nutmegged the West Ham defenders before making it 2-0 for United.
West ham got a ray of hope when a Steward Downing corner was handled sloppily by David De Gea and Sakho got an open goal to head the ball in.
The second half started slowly with less chances created from either side. The Reds were reduced to 10 men just before the hour mark when Wayne Rooney was sent off for hitting Downing on his leg rather then the ball.
The Hammers gained a lot of momentum as they were one man up and that was when the United defence was tested to the core. Mcnair made some beautiful headers to clear the ball and Marcos Rojo was also solid in his position.
It was in the last five minutes that West Ham almost levelled up but the official made a right offside decision to deny the Hammers a goal.
The match ended 2-1 in United's favour and captain Wayne Rooney will be missing the next match against his former club Everton due to suspension.
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