Manchester United recorded a fourth-straight victory with a comfortable 3-0 win over West Ham United that provided a welcome cleansing of several unwanted streaks. Looking to avoid a third consecutive home loss in the league for the first time since 1979, United went in front midway through the first half with a first Premier League goal in 14 months for Danny Welbeck. That was soon followed by a first ever goal at Old Trafford for Adnan Januzaj before Ashley Young ended his run of 19 months without a league goal with a stunning third with his first touch after coming on. Carlton Cole pulled one back late on, but it never looked like being of any consequence.
It is a victory that takes United up to seventh in the Premier League table and one that never looked in doubt after Welbeck had given them the lead. While not getting on the score-sheet, Wayne Rooney was once more the standout performer for David Moyes’ side. With Robin van Persie still on the sidelines, one wonders how much worse off United would be had United allowed Rooney to leave in the summer. He is integral to everything positive right now as he supplies the quality missing from the center of United’s midfield.
Januzaj provided further flashes of the immense talent that will one day surely see him as the team’s talisman, although, as he did when scoring his first goals for the club against Sunderland, he blotted his copybook somewhat when being rightly booked for a blatant dive.
West Ham, meanwhile, can only dream of the kind of creative quality provided by Rooney and Januzaj. Despite the light relief of progressing to the League Cup semifinal in midweek, Sam Allardyce’s side were desperately lacking in inspiration and without Andy Carroll deservedly remain firmly in a relegation battle.
More to follow.
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