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Lingard and Ronaldo claimed Manchester United’s two goals (PA)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mark Noble came off the bench only to miss a stoppage-time penalty as Manchester United snatched a dramatic 2-1 victory at the London Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Club captain Noble, West Ham\u2019s Mr Reliable from the spot, was sent on by manager David Moyes to take the penalty after Luke Shaw handled in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The long-serving midfielder, who retires at the end of the season, had not missed a spot-kick since December 2016, but he was denied a sentimental winner by United goalkeeper David De Gea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a hugely dramatic end to a thrilling match which saw Jesse Lingard return to haunt the club for whom he starred on loan last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a bitter blow for West Ham and Moyes, who tried to re-sign Lingard over the summer, the England forward curled in what turned out to be the winner two minutes from time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cristiano Ronaldo had earlier scored his fourth goal in three matches since returning to United, cancelling out Said Benrahma\u2019s deflected opener for the hosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defeat was tough on West Ham, who showed no signs of fatigue from their Thursday night exertions in Europe as they went at United from the off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benrahma robbed Harry Maguire in the area and pulled the ball back for Jarrod Bowen 10 yards out, but his shot lacked power and was blocked by Aaron Wan-Bissaka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moments later a glorious cross-field move from the Hammers culminated in another chance for Bowen, whose deflected shot was kept out by the boot of De Gea, with Tomas Soucek firing the rebound over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronaldo\u2019s first glimpse of goal came midway through the first half, with a couple of stepovers gaining him a yard on Vladimir Coufal before shooting straight at Lukasz Fabianski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

United seemed to have weathered the early storm and almost took the lead through Bruno Fernandes, Fabianski getting the smallest of touches to tip his effort on to a post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But moments later West Ham went ahead when Benrahma\u2019s shot from the edge of the area took a huge deflection off Raphael Varane to wrongfoot De Gea and roll into the net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lead lasted only four minutes before Ronaldo struck, guiding a Fernandes cross into the chest of Fabianski and reacting quickest to tuck in the rebound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fabianski got down well to deny Ronaldo a second before Nikola Vlasic skied a chance for the Hammers as a breathless first half came to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

West Ham had a major let-off at the start of the second when a wayward pass from Pablo Fornals allowed Fernandes to slip Ronaldo in, but he was denied by Fabianski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronaldo felt he should have had a penalty when he went down under Coufal\u2019s challenge in the area, but referee Martin Atkinson thought otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Portugal star was also denied by a timely block from the impressive Kurt Zouma as he looked to get on the end of another Fernandes cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lingard came on as a 73rd-minute substitute and 15 minutes later found the top corner with a fine curler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Shaw handled Andriy Yarmolenko\u2019s cross to concede a VAR-awarded penalty the script was written for Noble, but De Gea tore it up with a diving save to secure the points.<\/p>\n

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