West Ham United vs Man United Player Ratings: The Hammers see off Red Devils in Riveting Contest

In an exciting game week 9 match-up of the Premier League 2024/25 season, West Ham United hosted Man United and Julien Lopetegui supervised West Ham to guarantee a 2-1 triumph over Erik Ten Hag’s Red Devils at the London Stadium.

The summer signing from Leeds United and last season’s EFL Championship player of the year, Crysencio Summerville bagged his first goal in a West Ham shirt and Casemiro and Zirkzee combined to pull visitors back in the game making the scoreline 1-1. However, a controversial penalty call from VAR again shifted the game in the favour of the hosts as Jarrord Bowen was clinical with his penalty, which was enough for them to seize the victory.

This win comes as a sigh of relief to the hosts following last week’s embarrassing 4-0 humiliation to Tottenham at Home, its third league win for the Hammers in 9 matches and are now sitting in 13th place. Meanwhile, pressure is back on Erik Ten Hag and the team following their 4th league defeat of the 2024/25 league campaign.

West Ham United Player Ratings vs Man United

Goalkeeper

Lukasz Fabianski (7.5/10)

The West Ham custodian was excellent in goal making solid saves with his strong hands, though he did not keep clean sheet after failing to deny Casemiro’s header from point-blank range.

Defenders

Aaron Wan-Bissaka (7/10)

He had a good game on the right flank, showed his attacking ability by going forward and was equally better in making crucial clearance.

Konstantinos Mavropanos (6/10)

He looked decent in the initial minutes of the game but was only able to play the first 45 minutes of the clash, and got replaced in the second half.

Max Kilman (7/10)

Kilman was solid enough to prevent the United attackers from making any attempts at the goal with his defensive ability in the backline.

Emerson (7/10)

Brazilian left back had an eventful outing in-game from creating a chance, registering a shot on target, missing a big chance and picking up a yellow card for fouls.

Midfielders

Gudio Rodriguez (7.5/10)

It was a phenomenal performance from the defensive midfielder who was on point with his tackles and made 8 recoveries to retrieve the ball possession.

Edson Alvarez (7/10)

He started in midfield and slotted into the back line to form a three-man in defence after Mavropanos was taken off during halftime following injury concerns.

Jarrod Bowen (7.5/10)

Bowen was threatening on the right flank and restored the lead from the spot kick as he placed the ball into the bottom right corner keeping it low and away from Onana’s reach.

Carlos Soler (6/10)

The Spaniard made his first-ever Premier League start and looked energised in midfield but was only in action till the interval and got replaced by Summerville.

Lucas Paqueta (5.5/10)

It was another poor outing from the Brazilian playmaker seems like he has been going through a rough patch. He needs to recapture his form before losing his place as he was one of the key players for the Hammers last season.

Forward

Michael Antonio (7/10)

He looked a bit rusty in the first half losing the ball and a couple of missed passes but eventually found his rhythm in the game helping the hammers to mount pressure on United’s defence.

Substitute

Crysencio Summerville (8/10)

He made a stunning blind run behind the United defence on the far post to connect a tap-in on the ball to break the deadlock register his maiden goal for West Ham and pull off the shirtless celebration.

Danny Ings (7.5/10)

His miscued ball found Summerville eventually putting his name as assist provider an unplanned assist but he would surely not mind and won a penalty for his side.

Jean-Clair Todibo (6/10)

Tomas Soucek (6/10)

Manager

Julen Lopetegui (8/10)

The Spaniard managed the game well especially in the second half his side was confident enough and substitute players made the difference in the game.

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Man United Player Ratings vs West Ham United

Goalkeeper

Andre Onana (6/10)

He leaked two goals in the game, Summerville’s finish beats him to get the first goal and the second came from a penalty converted by Bowen.

Defenders

Noussair Mazraoui (6.5/10)

Started as left-back for the first time and was good enough especially in going forward taking up the midfield zone but an injury forced him to withdraw.

Matthijs de Ligt (6/10)

The centre-back conceded a soft penalty after blocking Danny Ings inside the box as VAR decided to give it a spot-kick after a thorough check-up by the on-field referee.

Lisandro Martinez (7/10)

Martinez is slowly finding his feet back again in defence following a lengthy layover due to injury, and he looks confident in his role alongside de Ligt in the back line.

Diego Dalot (7/10)

Portuguese International missed an open goal opportunity after carrying the ball inside the box, after flicking it over Fabianski and doing the toughest work with the ball

Midfielders

Casemiro (8/10)

With a close-range header, United’s midfielder Casemiro dragged the Red Devils back into the game following a string of headers in the box and it was one of his best outings in Man United colours.

Christian Eriksen (6.5/10)

He was accurate with his long passes and defensive actions helping out the midfield in defence and playing alongside Casemiro in a double pivot role.

Alejandro Garnacho (7/10)

The winger was lively on wide left dragging the ball near the West Ham goal but missed two key chances one hit the crosses and the second fired wide both in the first half.

Bruno Fernandes (7/10)

His vision and passing capabilities were on show, he created three chances but somehow his forward could not finish the same and won numerous fouls

Marcus Rashford (5.5/10)

Rashford was the least active player on the wings for United as he lost possession 12 times and was subbed off after another disappointing game to make way for Amad Diallo

Forward

Rasmus Højlund (6.5/10)

He had two shots on target and messed up a big chance to provide an early lead to his side in the opening minutes, looking to regain his form and confidence after coming from an injury.

Substitutes

Amad Diallo (6.5/10)

Victor Lindelöf (6.5/10)

Joshua Zirkzee (7/10)

Manager

Erik Ten Hag (7/10)

Needs to address the issues in the squad, especially with those underperforming players, United dominated the game for the major portion of the match, however, his side lacked clinical ness in front of the goal.

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