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Manchester United will start April second in the Premier League standings after Craig Dawson\u2019s own goal saw high-flying West Ham fall to defeat at Old Trafford.<\/p>\nManchester United will start April second in the Premier League standings after Craig Dawson\u2019s own goal saw high-flying West Ham fall to defeat at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n
With the Europa League trip to AC Milan and FA Cup quarter-final at Leicester coming up before the international break, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u2019s side kicked off an important week with a solid performance on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Mason Greenwood twice struck the post on a night when Dawson\u2019s own goal proved the difference.<\/p>\n
David Moyes\u2019 men were set up to frustrate a month on from their extra-time FA Cup loss at Old Trafford and failed to muster a shot in the first half \u2013 the first Premier League side to manage that since March 2018.<\/p>\n
But the Hammers also gave little away in the opening period, with Lukasz Fabianski superbly tipping a low Greenwood shot onto the post when frustrated United had their best chance.<\/p>\n
But Solskjaer\u2019s side finally found a way through eight minutes after the break when Bruno Fernandes\u2019 corner was touched on by Scott McTominay and the unsighted Dawson turned into his own net.<\/p>\n
West Ham attacked with more purpose after falling behind but Moyes\u2019 wait for a first win away at Old Trafford continues, with Fernandes superbly denied before Greenwood thumped the post as United looked to settle any nerves.<\/p>\n
The visitors had started positively but failed to launch a serious first-half attack, with Michail Antonio left ploughing a lonely furrow up top.<\/p>\n
Moyes\u2019 men are a threat from crosses and Dean Henderson \u2013 again deputizing for David De Gea \u2013 made no mistake when clearing a deflected Aaron Cresswell ball from the left, leaving Jarrod Bowen needing treatment.<\/p>\n
Harry Maguire let his team-mates know in no uncertain terms that they needed to \u201ctidy up\u201d and stop giving the ball away during that expletive-filled break in play that was followed by the hosts\u2019 best chance to that point.<\/p>\n
Quick build-up after winning the ball ended with Greenwood cutting onto his left and floating a cross to the far post, where Marcus Rashford \u2013 a surprise starter after an ankle issue \u2013 failed to get clean contact.<\/p>\n
Fabianski just about gathered a dangerous cross from Greenwood soon after but West Ham were defending well on the whole, throwing themselves in the way of shots and clearing balls into the box.<\/p>\n
But the visitors had their goalkeeper to thank for keeping things level at the break as United attacked at pace and Greenwood hit a low, left-footed shot that Fabianski superbly tipped onto the post in the 37th minute.<\/p>\n
Rashford got away a tame header from a clipped Fernandes pass that the West Ham goalkeeper stopped simply before the break, from which the hosts returned strongly.<\/p>\n
Vladimir Coufal did well to prod behind a Greenwood cross that Rashford was ready to tap home at the far post, but the resulting corner proved costly.<\/p>\n
Fernandes swung in the set-piece from the left and Dawson directed into his own net under pressure from Maguire in the 53rd minute.<\/p>\n
The goal opened play up. The video assistant referee ruled Maguire had not fouled Tomas Soucek in the box after a review, with the giant Czech midfielder towering over the United defender and heading wide soon after.<\/p>\n
Fernandes forced Fabianski into a fine one-handed stop down to his right in between those moments, with Moyes turning to Said Benrahma and Manuel Lanzini in a bid to inject new attacking impetus.<\/p>\n
Play was swinging from end to end as both sides pushed, with Maguire stretching to cut out a Coufal cross before Issa Diop inexplicably welcomed on Greenwood and saw the teenager rattle the post in the 77th minute.<\/p>\n
Shaw threw himself in front of a Soucek attempt as United held out for a fourth successive league clean sheet for the first time under Solskjaer.<\/p>\n