Manchester United gave David Moyes more to worry about when he was in charge of them. This was their eighth defeat in the Premier League this season, their latest capitulation in a testing away game under Erik ten Hag and another occasion when the contribution from a series of expensive attackers amounted to zilch.
Rasmus Højlund, United’s struggling £72m striker, being substituted before the hour after failing to make any impact against West Ham’s burly centre-backs encapsulated the waste. So did Antony, Ten Hag’s ineffectual £86m winger, being completely left in the shade by another former Ajax forward. Where, after all, would United be if they had signed Mohammed Kudus instead of Antony? Or would Kudus, who has scored 10 times in all competitions since joining West Ham in the summer, merely have become the latest import to have disappeared into the Old Trafford void?
