MORNING MAN UTD FANS
Harry Maguire turned in a captain’s performance as Manchester United continued to be the best of the rest with a grim 1-0 win over West Ham at Old Trafford last night.
If the title is Manchester City’s, United want that runners-up spot to show continued improvement under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after last season’s third placed finish.
Nobody is more determined than Maguire who has been at the heart of a defence that has kept four consecutive league clean sheets for the first time under Solskjaer.
Given that the last two of those have come against champions elect City and in form West Ham tells you all you need to know about the improvement at the back.
They needed an own goal off the head of Craig Dawson in the 53rd minute to win this, but they more than warranted the three points against the woeful Hammers.
United moved back to second and West Ham stayed fifth.
Speaking after the game, Scott McTominay said: “said: “Really important to win the third tough game of the week.
“West Ham set up really well, they made it hard for us first-half.
“The message at half-time was to keep it the same, keep playing the best tempo you can possibly play at, and keep moving the ball from side to side.
“A lot of the boys were frustrated, but it’s not moaning, shaking your head, when you play against teams who sit in, and do it well… you have to play to the tempo that you normally play at and be positive in everything you do.
“It’s difficult to look at the top four because we had a time when we were looking at the league… but Man City have had a terrific run of games, and we’re just doing our best to try and keep on them.”