This is one of my reviews that I did from 10th May 2016 I hope that you enjoy my review
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10th MAY 2016 20:30pm
VENUE: UPTON PARK
WEST HAM LINE UP MANCHESTER UNITED LINE UP
1. Randolph 1. DE GEA
30. Antonio 25. A VALENCIA
2. Reid 12. SMALLING
21. Ogbonna 17. BLIND
3. cresswell 5. ROJO
28. lanzini 28. SCHNEIDERLIN
8. KOUYATE 8. MATA
16. NOBLE 21. HERRERA
27. PAYET 10. ROONEY
15. SAKHO 9. MARTIAL
9. CARROLL 39. RASHFORD
SUBSTITUTES: SUBSTITUTES:
5. TOMKINS 4. jONES
11. E VALENCIA 7. DEPAY
14. OBIANG 11. JANUZAJ
19. COLLINS 16. CARRICK
20. MOSES 20. ROMERO
29. EMENIKE 35. LINGARD
34. SPIEGEL 43. BORTHWICK-JASON
Previews:
TODAY MARKS WEST HAM UNITED 2,398TH AND FINAL HOME GAME AGAINST MANCHESTER UNITED. As the 1st home game at upton park was AGAINST MILLWALL BEATING THEM 3-0 IN 1904.
They have hosted 3 international games during their history which was England U-20 losing to Switzerland u-20 2-0, 12th February 2003 England 1-3 Australia & 12th November 2014 Argentina 2-1 Croatia.
And for the team news with West ham united making 1 change with bringing diafra sakho coming in & Manchester united switching up by bringing in 4 players to line up such as daley blind, morgan schneiderlin, Anthony martial & Marcus Rashford
Since it was scheduled for a 19:45pm kick off, but however due to the fans attacking the Manchester united team bus 100meters away from the stadium, the referee decided for the best to move it to a 20:30pm kick-off.
Kick-off
Both west ham and Manchester united had chances through their players, Then in the 9th minute west ham took the lead through sakho which was passed to him through lazini, as he shot the ball into the bottom left of the net and as the result they are leading 1-0. Then in 13th minute west ham are starting to come in thick and fast with a chance from antionio, then in 18th minute payet tried for a chance to double west ham lead he tried for a shot straight down the middle but de gea caught it, then in 20th minute west ham where starting to get aggressive showing how much they want to go for it as they are chasing for the Europa league spot. Then in 26th minute lazini also took a chance on his behalf but went wide and the same chance for payet but was crossed it way past the goal post, during the 10 minutes of the 30th minute Manchester united kept pushing towards the goal but didn’t succeed. Near the ending of the 1st half period west ham had 2 chances through Antonio and the 2nd from a corner.
Before the start of the 2nd period Manchester united made their 1st sub by bringing ex-west ham player Michael carrick for morgan schneiderlin. Then in the 49th minute payet took the whack of a chance but was way off the target of the goal zone. Then couple of minutes later martial equalised for Manchester united which came from a long kick from de gea which went to rashford then onto him and scored his 10th goal of the season making it 1-1. Then in 55th minute sakho went for a header of chance from a freekick but the angle was off, then in the 59th minute martial did the tackle on a west ham player and was given the yellow card, 7 minutes later both teams had some chances which was blocked, then in 67th minute west ham took the corner which went carroll way headed it but headed out by the Manchester united players, couple of moments later carroll was booked for tackling Manchester united number 17 and another booking for Antonio Valencia which gave west ham a freekick which was blasted over, then in 71st minute martial gave Manchester united the lead after the ball was counted then it was martial from their he took the shot and went into the right side of the goal net making it 1-2 putting them in the driving seat for the last champions league spot when come Sunday, moments later Herrera got booked for a foul on mark noble, then in 75th minute Antonio equalised from a header from a freekick making it 2-2, then in 80th minute west ham retook the lead from Winston reid header then de gea made a houler which put west ham back in front for the 2nd time in this match. Then in in 82nd munte Manchester united made their 2nd chance with Herrera coming off and lingard on and west ham making their double change with lanzini and sakho off for obiang and Tomkins, then in the 85th minute kouyate had a chance went above the goal then after that Manchester united made their final sub which was Antonio Valencia for januzaj, then moments later west ham made their last change which is payet for enner Valencia, on stoppage time Manchester united chances for 3-3 which failed and west ham where pushing to seal the deal for a 4-2 win but finished with a 3-2 win at the final time at upton park.
This puts west ham united leading for the europa league spot in 6th place but could still finish high as 5th and as for Manchester united champions league hopes are hanging by a thread with 2 points behind their neighbours city.