Join the Miguel Delaney team: Inside Football Get exclusive insights and behind-the scenes access to the Miguel Delaney: inside newsletter Football Join the Miguel Delaney Inside newsletter Football The league table was unusually pleasing to Manchester United for about 25 minute. It isn’t something that could be said often in Ruben Amorim’s reign but they would surely have settled for it staying that way for the rest of the season. They were in fifth place, tied with Chelsea and heading for the Champions League despite not playing well. Ruben Amorim pronounced himself “frustrated and angry”. He wasn’t alone. Boos welcomed the final whistle. United is eighth. With only one win in their last five matches and a habit of drawing when they are winning, United has missed the chance to be higher up on the table. A return of one point from home matches against 10-man Everton and relegation-threatened West Ham is unsatisfactory. A record of winning only one second half in this season is also unsatisfactory. “We need to be better in the second halves,” Amorim. Nuno Santo was the happiest of the Portuguese managers. “I think it is well deserved we got the draw,” He said. He responded to the humiliating defeat by Liverpool. “We wanted to show a reaction,” Jarrod Bowen said, “We did,” and they did. A goal from a defensive midfielder, in Soungoutou Magassa, had the travelling Hammers singing the name of a celebrated predecessor, in the late Billy Bonds.open image in galleryDiogo Dalot scored Manchester United’s opening goal (Getty Images)It stemmed from a corner and while United have started to forge a reputation as set-piece specialists in attack, they are not in defence. Nuno deserves credit for the equalizer. Andy Irving was barely on the pitch when he sent in a corner. United allowed Bowen to meet it – “I’m 5ft 9in or something like that, so not the tallest,” said the England international – and his header drew a terrific goal-line clearance from Noussair Mazraoui. The goal was scored by Magassa, the West Ham summer signing.“The game is 83 minutes [old] and we need to close the game and not suffer a goal,” Amorim ….
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