{"id":6852,"date":"2019-04-13T14:30:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T18:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=6852"},"modified":"2019-04-15T09:31:49","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T13:31:49","slug":"pogba-scores-two-penalties-to-defeat-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=6852","title":{"rendered":"Pogba Scores Two Penalties to Defeat West Ham"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Paul Pogba\u2019s brace bailed out Manchester United as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u2019s side stuttered to a fortuitous 2-1 win against West Ham.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s huge Champions League quarter-final challenge in Barcelona looms large, but attention first turned to securing a return to European football\u2019s top table next season.<\/p>\n

United moved within two points of the top four as a pair of Pogba penalties sealed victory at Old Trafford, but those in attendance will know how fortunate Solskjaer\u2019s side were to have secured a point, never mind three.<\/p>\n

Felipe Anderson saw an early opener wrongly ruled out for offside, but the Brazilian cancelled out Pogba\u2019s contentiously-awarded penalty shortly after half-time as the Hammers capitalised on David De Gea\u2019s poor throw.<\/p>\n

The United goalkeeper made amends as Manuel Pellegrini\u2019s men pushed for a winner, producing an outstanding one-handed save from Michail Antonio shortly after the West Ham substitute rattled the goal frame.<\/p>\n

Yet the visitors returned to the capital empty-handed after Pogba smashed home his second spot-kick to keep up United\u2019s top-four charge on an evening when the performance will have alarmed Solskjaer.<\/p>\n

Share this:<\/h3>