- Tomás Soucek - 38'
- Paul Pogba - 65'
- Mason Greenwood - 68'
- Marcus Rashford - 78'
Man Utd fights back to beat West Ham 3-1 before 2,000 fans
LONDON -- — Manchester United scored three goals in 13 minutes in a brilliant second-half comeback to beat West Ham 3-1 Saturday in the first Premier League match with fans in attendance since the coronavirus outbreak in March.
Trailing 1-0 at halftime in front of 2,000 fans at the Olympic Stadium, United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer introduced substitutesBruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford, and they changed the game.
Paul Pogba ran onto a pass from Fernandes and curled a long-range shot into the corner in the 65th minute, before smart buildup play involving Fernandes ended in Mason Greenwood controlling a left-wing cross and driving home a finish in the 68th.
Rashford then ran onto Juan Mata's through-ball and chipped the goalkeeper for the third goal in the 78th.
West Ham went ahead through Tomas Soucek at a corner in the 38th and should have been leading by a bigger margin at halftime.
Fans were allowed to return to British soccer grounds this week at the end of a second national lockdown.
England is the first of the major soccer nations to allow supporters back into football games during COVID-19′s second wave.
Fans, wearing face masks, were spread out in the lower and middle tiers of the Olympic Stadium.
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Game Information
English Premier League Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manchester City | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | +62 | 91 |
Arsenal | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | +62 | 89 |
Liverpool | 38 | 24 | 10 | 4 | +45 | 82 |
Aston Villa | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | +15 | 68 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | +13 | 66 |
Chelsea | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | +14 | 63 |
Newcastle United | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | +23 | 60 |
Manchester United | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 60 |
West Ham United | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | -14 | 52 |
Crystal Palace | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 49 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | -7 | 48 |
AFC Bournemouth | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | -13 | 48 |
Fulham | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 47 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 46 |
Everton | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 40 |
Brentford | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | -9 | 39 |
Nottingham Forest | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | -18 | 32 |
Luton Town | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | -33 | 26 |
Burnley | 38 | 5 | 9 | 24 | -37 | 24 |
Sheffield United | 38 | 3 | 7 | 28 | -69 | 16 |