West Ham United vs Manchester United
Match pulse
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Who won: Man United 2-1
Manchester United beat West Ham United 2-1 on Sunday, November 27, 2005 at Boleyn Ground. Goals for West Ham: Marlon Harewood (2'). Goals for Man United: Wayne Rooney (47') and John O'Shea (56').
Play by play
- 93'
FULL-TIME: United are deserved winners after a great display. A fitting tribute to George Best, the United legend who passed away earlier this week.
- 92'
Richardson almost finds Rooney with a low pass from the left wing, but Carroll is alert enough to claim.
- 91'
SUB: Van Nistelrooy is replaced by Richardson. Ferguson tries to see out the match by bringing on the more defensive-minded youngster to replace his captain.
- 90'
There will be three added minutes of stoppage time.
- 89'
WIDE! United break at pace; Neville feeds a low cross in to the unmarked Rooney, but he doesn't get a good contact on his shot and the ball dribbles wide of the far post.
- 89'
SUB: Etherington is replaced by Newton. Etherington has been West Ham's best play this afternoon, but does look tired.
- 88'
There is a lot more urgency in the West Ham play now that they game is coming to a close.
- 87'
The corner is taken quickly, but Ferdinand heads clear.
- 86'
Etherington runs at the heart of the United defence and wins his side a corner when Ferdinand is forced to tackle and put the ball out.
- 85'
Rooney is brought down again, this time by Etherington. He has a moan to the referee, who smiles and ignores him.
- 84'
United look well capable of seeing out the remainder of the game and picking up the three points that will take them up to third.
- 83'
Rooney is booked for a rather wild kick at Gabbidon after being frustrated by the defender's clumsy challenge on the edge of the area.
- 82'
Repka gets forward down the right as West Ham search for a goal, but his cross is poor and Park clears.
- 81'
Benayoun fires a long ball down the left channel for Zamora to chase, but he runs out of pitch and the ball rolls out of play.
- 80'
Van Nistelrooy is caught off-side as West Ham push up and leave a lot of space in behind their back four.
- 79'
Rooney is coming deep for the ball, and is showing great skill and vision to keep things moving for United in the middle of the park.
- 78'
Benayoun powers a header narrowly wide, as Brown clatters in to him inside the penalty area.
- 77'
After a moment or two with the physio, the Hammers winger is hobbling around on the touchlines once more.
- 76'
Etherington needs some treatment on a calf injury after he is kicked in a tackle.
- 75'
SHOT! A nice move from the home side. Benayoun finds Harewood on the edge of the area, but his shot is weak and easily gathered by Van Der Sar.
- 75'
Carroll does very well to get his fingertips to the ball as Van Nistelrooy attempted to round him.
- 75'
West Ham are having a good spell with the ball at the moment, but they are struggling to carve out any decent chances.
- 74'
Scholes charges down Benayoun's attempted cross on the right wing. United have defended really well this afternoon.
- 73'
Rooney turns and smashes a shot across the face of goal, though it didn't trouble Carroll.
- 72'
West Ham corner, though Brown heads clear Etherington's centre.
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