Staff Reporter.
Jarrod Bowen converted a last-gasp penalty to lift West Ham United to a 2-1 Premier League victory over Manchester United in a fluctuating clash between two struggling sides on Sunday.
Crysencio Summerville scored his first goal in a West Ham shirt as they climbed past their visitors to 13th in the table on 11 points after nine games, the same number as 14th-placed Manchester United.
The defeat ramps up the pressure on United manager Erik ten Hag with his team struggling for results in the league and Europe. In all competitions, they have won one of their last eight games.
Bowen netted in the 92nd minute, stepping up to the penalty spot after a lengthy VAR review deemed that Mattijs de Ligt had clipped the leg of Danny Ings.
West Ham were fortunate not to concede in a first half dominated by their northern opposition but were much brighter in the second, with Summerville getting them on the scoreboard in the 74th minute when he slid in at full stretch to poke home Ings’ scuffed shot.
Seven minutes later, Casemiro silenced the home fans when Diogo Dalot headed across goal from a cross, Joshua Zirkzee helped it on, and the Brazilian midfielder nodded home at the back post.
The travelling supporters’ celebrations were short-lived, however, as the visitors could not hang on for a draw.
Meanwhile Crystal Palace beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday thanks to a Jean-Phillipe Mateta goal to finally claim their first win of the season and climb out of the relegation zone.
Elsewhere goals from Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer earned Chelsea a 2-1 home win over Newcastle United in the Premier League on Sunday in the latest sign of progress for the Blues under coach Enzo Maresca.