The English football record champions Manchester United have lost their next important victory in the Premier League.
The Red Devils couldn’t get past 1-1 (0-0) against West Ham United, who had been a harmless relegation candidate for a long time, and missed the jump to fifth place. National striker Niclas Füllkrug was not in the Hammers squad.
The home team took the lead through Diogo Dalot (58th), but Soungoutou Mangassa (83rd) equalized. In the first half, Manchester captain Bruno Fernandes hit the left post (28th).
Before the unexpected equalizer, former Munich player Noussair Mazraoui made an unfortunate clearance on the line when he played the ball directly to Mangassa.
Manchester had to do without the injured defense chief Harry Maguire and, at short notice, the former Munich player Matthijs de Ligt.
The 19-year-old defender Ayden Heaven played in the Premier League for the first time. At Kellerkind West Ham, not much went together without the suspended playmaker Lucas Paqueta, and the guests only became really dangerous in the hectic final phase.