There is no getting away from it, United were poor in midweek and, irrespective of the fact that they were down to ten men, the less said about their second-half performance the better.
However, there remains a feel-good factor around United, who head to east London joint-top of the Premier League table and their trip to West Ham looks perfectly timed given the hosts will have had very little recovery time from their trip to Croatia on Thursday night, while David Moyes' side are significantly weakened by the absence of star striker Michail Antonio.
Prior to their 0-0 draw with Southampton last weekend, the Hammers' opening three matches had produced a total of 15 goals and even without their record Premier League scorer, the hosts are going
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