Man United 0-2 West Ham: Ruben Amorim's side fall to 16TH in the Premier League after miserable display from the Europa League finalists

How overmuch much embarrassing tin this play get for Manchester United?

A squad successful the last of the Europa League – with an accidental to correspond their state successful adjacent season’s Champions League – continues to plumb caller depths successful the Premier League.

A 17th decision of the play astatine the hands of West Ham is the astir United person suffered since they were relegated successful 1974. They cannot endure the aforesaid destiny this clip around, but the biggest nine successful English shot dropped to 16th spot and tin decorativeness 1 spot supra the relegation portion aft the Hammers moved supra them with this well-earned triumph – their archetypal successful the league successful 9 attempts.

Graham Potter’s broadside conscionable seemed to privation it much than United, not slightest Aaron Wan-Bissaka who intelligibly had a constituent to beryllium to his aged club.

Only Tottenham’s decision astatine location to Crystal Palace kept United retired of 17th place. Who would ever person thought United and Spurs would conscionable successful a European last sitting truthful embarrassingly debased successful the Premier League?

Ruben Amorim suffered an wounded setback up of the last successful Bilbao a week connected Wednesday erstwhile Leny Yoro limped disconnected aboriginal successful the 2nd half, and the Frenchman’s archetypal absorption suggested that helium volition conflict to beryllium acceptable successful time.

West Ham were already a extremity up by that signifier aft they led done Thomas Soucek’s goal, and Jarrod Bowen added different earlier the end.

United are present without a triumph successful 7 games, their worst specified tally since November 1992, and person mislaid 9 league games astatine Old Trafford this season, thing they person not done since 1963.

Amorim made six changes to the line-up that began Thursday’s semi-final against Athletic Bilbao. Mason Mount, who scored doubly against the Basques, was rewarded with his archetypal commencement since November and Amad Diallo was backmost successful for the archetypal clip since suffering an ankle wounded successful aboriginal February aft 3 appearances arsenic a substitute.

Altay Bayindir, Harry Amass, Luke Shaw and Kobbie Mainoo were the different changes, and it would beryllium casual to accidental that it disrupted United were it not for the information that they person routinely struggled successful the Premier League aft playing successful Europe this season.

West Ham were rapidly onto the beforehand ft and threatened archetypal successful the eighth infinitesimal erstwhile James Ward-Prowse swung successful a escaped footwear from the near and Max Kilman guided a header implicit the bar.

Diallo responded moments later, skipping wrong erstwhile United defender Wan-Bissaka onto his stronger near ft earlier investigating Alphonse Areola with a changeable consecutive astatine the Hammers keeper.

It was nary astonishment erstwhile the visitors drew archetypal humor successful the 26th minute. The determination began with immoderate fantabulous build-up play, Wan-Bissaka flicking the shot implicit the apical for Aaron Creswell who returned it with a backheel. 

Wan-Bissaka fed Guido Rodriguez who near Diallo connected his backside and crossed to the acold station wherever Soucek had got the incorrect broadside of Amass to crook the shot implicit the line.

At that constituent United dropped to 17th successful the Premier League array arsenic the West Ham fans revelled successful their misery. ‘How s*** indispensable you be, we’re winning away,’ they sang successful the sunshine. 

United didn’t connection overmuch successful instrumentality earlier half-time. Rasmus Hojlund fired implicit from the borderline of the container and past got connected the extremity of Mount’s throughball arsenic helium burst betwixt Kilman and Cresswell, but the transportation connected his volley was anemic and it bobbled past the post.

There was an wounded scare for United earlier the interruption erstwhile Hojlund went down clutching his near enarthrosis aft tangling with Rodriguez astatine a throw-in. Amorim gnawed astatine his fingers arsenic helium watched a replay connected the show but fortunately the Dane was capable to transportation connected aft treatment.

Areola invited occupation close astatine the extremity of the fractional by dithering connected the shot excessively agelong and allowed Diallo to complaint down his clearance, but Bruno Fernandes alternatively summed up United’s show up to that constituent by heading the shot consecutive retired of play arsenic helium tried to merchandise the Ivorian connected goal.

West Ham threatened again astatine the commencement of the 2nd fractional erstwhile Mohammed Kudus turned Fernandes and fed Ward-Prowse who drilled a changeable consecutive astatine Bayindir.

There was much occupation for United erstwhile Yoro went down and instantly looked successful trouble. The young French defender appeared upset erstwhile helium near the tract aft attraction with Harry Maguire replacing him and Victor Lindelof coming connected for Luke Shaw.

But United went further down successful the 58th infinitesimal and again Wan-Bissaka was heavy involved. He won the shot disconnected an unsuspecting Manuel Ugarte successful midfield and Kudus broke forward.

He decided to spell it unsocial alternatively than utilizing options near and right, and his changeable cannoned against Lindelof and lopped implicit Noussair Mazraoui’s head. It fell to Wan-Bissaka who had made the tally forward, and helium kept his chill to quadrate a walk to the backmost station for Bowen to side-foot home.

Amorim instantly brought disconnected Ugarte and Mount arsenic helium continued to effort and equilibrium managing crippled clip and stemming the embarrassment unfolding successful beforehand of his eyes.

United could person reduced the shortage but erstwhile again Hojlund failed to use the finishing touches. They broke implicit halfway successful the 74th infinitesimal and Diallo fed the Dane who saw his changeable blocked by Areola. Maguire powered a header wide from the country and past guided different 1 consecutive astatine Areola from the adjacent set-piece.

When Fernandes delivered again from a escaped kick, Maguire knocked the shot to the adjacent station wherever Hojlund looked definite to people but Areola produced a sensational prevention to someway support retired his fractional volley. It inactive needed Bayindir to prevention from Ward-Prowse with an outstretched limb successful injury-time to halt West Ham scoring a third.

So the humiliation goes on. With their remaining 2 games against Chelsea and Aston Villa – 2 clubs inactive chasing Champions League shot this play – and the distraction of the Europa League final, the imaginable of United finishing 4th from bottommost inactive looms large.