Late Magassa made his debut in the Premier League with a goal that helped West Ham complete a draw with Manchester United Thursday, 1-1 at Old Trafford. After Diogo Dalot scored in the 59th minute of the game on his first attempt to score in the Premier League at Old Trafford, it seemed like Ruben Amorim’s team would secure a victory.

While Manchester United created many scoring opportunities throughout the match, with Joshua Zirkzee having an effort saved off the line along with Bruno Fernandes hitting the woodwork, it was Magassa’s late goal from a set piece that kept West Ham from returning home empty-handed.

While Manchester United was able to leapfrog Liverpool and take over the eighth spot in the league standings, they were not able to take advantage of this opportunity to jump up to fifth place. West Ham remains in 18th place, now only two points back of Leeds United.

How the match unfolded By Late Magassa

West Ham got off to a great start, but after pressing for some time early they were only rewarded with a mishit shot from El Hadji Malick Diouf, who was unmarked on a corner kick.

Bryan Mbeumo had an attempt from distance that was tipped over the bar by Alphonse Areola, and Zirkzee’s instinctive finish was saved off the goal line by Aaron Wan-Bissaka. When Fernandes took the rebound, his vole missed the left post and went wide.

Lower down the pitch, Jarrod Bowen had one counter-attacking threat when he beat a number of players on the right, but his weak attempt was blocked by Luke Shaw and landed in the arms of Senne Lammens.

After 58 minutes Dead ATTACKING PRESENCE BECOMES AN ATTACKING PRESENCE

 United broke the deadlock when Casemiro had no chance to hit a goal. It deflected to Dalot, who took a touch before slotting the ball into the bottom left corner.

However, United could not add to their lead, and they paid for missing out when an unmarked Magassa slotted from inside the six-yard box after Noussair Mazraoui had cleared a flick-on from a corner off the line.

United stumble again at Old Trafford

The match against 10-man Everton at Old Trafford left a disappointed home support for the second consecutive week, as Manchester United squandered another opportunity to gain ground in the Premier League.

After beating Crystal Palace, Manchester United’s starting efforts against West Ham were less than stellar; however, strong defensive performances from their back four gave them an early edge in this match, as West Ham squandered many opportunities to capitalize on their early set pieces within the penalty box.

Manchester United began firing up early in the first half with Zirkzee flicking the ball for a near miss, but it was former Red Devil Wan-Bissaka that saved the day by denying a near certain goal with an impressive defensive play that cleared the ball from harm’s way just prior to the half-hour mark.

Despite continuing to mount their total of shot attempts against West Ham’s goalkeeper Areola, Manchester United again did not have many shots on target with only Dalot converting the critical opportunity in this match with a finely taken goal; United would again continue to grow their shots on goal total, but they would remain unable to find the mark.

Manchester United’s attempts at goal continued with Fernandes and Matheus Cunha returning from injury week-to-week and both of them crossing into the opposition’s attacking zone with great frequency. This continued to put more and more Manchester United players at risk of being carded for their aggressiveness toward the opposition; however, in the end, West Ham did defy the odds against Manchester United and score from a corner.

Late in stoppage time, Fernandes retrieved a loose back pass from the home team and attempted to volley it home but unfortunately fired the ball just wide of the intended mark.

Although United have only lost one of their last eight matches, they will be hoping to get back to winning ways against bottom side Wolverhampton Wanderers a week on Monday.

West Ham show fighting spirit

Recent meetings between the two clubs have generally favoured West Ham, who started the stronger side and continued to push United back into their own half without actually creating a clear chance.

The first chance of the game fell to Bowen, who shot straight at the legs of Barnsley defender, while Jean-Clair Todibo also saw his attempt blocked. However, despite being given plenty of opportunities to attack, Wilson was unable to find any real space in which to create.

After half-time, West Ham’s captain, Bowen, continued to provide the creative spark as West Ham searched for their first goal. Also, the West Ham players found themselves two-on-one against the United defenders, and it was only thanks to a great through ball from Bowen to Magassa, who was not able to hit the target with his long range shot, that the visitors were left stunned.The visitors grew into the game after going behind.

They gained the confidence to push forward again, and although they struggled to break down United initially, they managed to give themselves space to attack out wide through Bowen.

Nuno Espirito Santo’s team could not produce the same type of attacking product that players such as Summerville and Lucas Paqueta can provide. However, with Bowen as their main playmaker, they showed they were still capable of finding the equaliser.

West Ham’s only win on the road this season came against Nuno when he was at Nottingham Forest, and while his wait for a first away win goes on, he can take positives from this result when they travel to Brighton & Hove Albion at the weekend.

Club reports

Man Utd report | West Ham report

Quotes from the managers

Ruben Amorim – “We lost a bit of control of this game in both halves. After our first goal we should have been able to control the game better, but we could not maintain that level.”

Nuno Espirito Santo – “It was an excellent match, considering how hard it is to play at Old Trafford. Overall, we played very well. Even though we had a goal scored against us in a weird fashion we demonstrated an excellent reaction.”