Manchester United left frustrated by late equaliser as West Ham snatch draw

Manchester United endured another frustrating night at Old Trafford as Soungoutou Magassa’s late strike sealed West Ham a 1-1 draw.

Ruben Amorim’s Red Devils fell to a meek 1-0 home defeat to Everton on their last home outing but had got back to winning ways with Sunday’s 2-1 comeback win at Crystal Palace.

Diogo Dalot put United on course for another victory, only to be undone from a corner as Magassa fired home after a goal-line clearance to seal Nuno Espirito Santo’s side a share of the spoils.

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It was an avoidable 83rd minute gut punch that underlined that the hosts’ rebuild still has a way to go, with boos greeting the final whistle.

United had started sluggishly but grew into proceedings at Old Trafford, where their former right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka stopped a bundled Joshua Zirkzee effort before Bruno Fernandes grazed a post.

Dalot looked to have secured Amorim’s side victory with a fine touch and finish at the start of a second half that ended with man of the match Magassa scoring after the hosts failed to deal with a corner.

West Ham dug deep until the end and had made life tough from the outset, particularly for Ayden Heaven.

The 19-year-old picked up a booking eight minutes into his first league start of the season and the visitors were creating some half chances, including one that the defender blocked from Jean Clair-Todibo.

Fernandes was trying to spark United into life and, having felt aggrieved not to have got anything for challenges on him by Tomas Soucek and Freddie Potts, earned a corner that so nearly brought an opener.

Bryan Mbeumo took the set piece short to the skipper, who played it back for the forward to hit a