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12/04 16:13 CST Man United wastes chance to reach Premier League top 5 in 1-1
draw with West Ham
Man United wastes chance to reach Premier League top 5 in 1-1 draw with West Ham
By JAMES ROBSON
AP Soccer Writer
MANCHESTER, England (AP) --- Manchester United blew the chance to move up to
fifth in the Premier League on Thursday when West Ham salvaged a late 1-1 draw
at Old Trafford.
Soungoutou Magassa's 83rd-minute equalizer canceled out Diogo Dalot's opening
goal that had put United on course to move level on points with fourth-place
Chelsea.
Bruno Fernandes squandered two chances to score a winner in added time ---
blazing a shot wide from inside the box and then volleying another off target.
It was another setback for United, which has only won one of its last five
games --- drawing three.
Despite that run, Ruben Amorim's team had the opportunity to move within reach
of the Champions League places with a win. And that looked likely when in the
58th Casemiro's long-range shot was controlled in the box by Dalot.
The United defender then spun and powered a shot past West Ham goalkeeper
Alphonse Areola.
It was a game of few chances, with West Ham rarely threatening to find an
equalizer. But a late corner saw Jarrod Bowen's flicked header cleared off the
line by Noussair Mazraoui.
Magassa reacted quickest in the box and side-footed his shot low into the
corner to spark celebrations from the visiting fans.
The result leaves United in eighth and West Ham 18th.
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James Robson is at https://x.com/jamesalanrobson
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AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
