Manuel Pellegrini has overseen an impressive turnaround at West Ham. They opened their campaign with four straight defeats and it would have been very easy for the powers that be at the London Stadium to start panicking. However, they backed Pellegrini and are now reaping the rewards.
United’s 1-1 draw with Wolves followed by being dumped out of the Carabao Cup has the Red Devils aching for a much-needed win to restore some semblance of momentum, but it is unlikely to be an easy task.
What a win it was against Manchester United. The front three of Mark Arnautovic, Felipe Anderson and Andriy Yarmolenko terrorised the United defence as Pellegrini’s side dominated from the very first whistle.
It was just their second win in their last 20 Premier League matches against Manchester United (D5 L13) and the first time they have beaten them by a two or more goal margin in a league game since October 1982 (also 3-1).
The Hammers are now up to 13th in the league table after picking up seven points from their last three games against Everton, Chelsea and Manchester United.
West Ham have been nothing short of exceptional of recent after a poor start to the season, beating Everton at Goodison, holding Chelsea at home and thumping Macclesfield Town 8-0 in the Carabao Cup and beating Manchester United at Old Trafford.
