Man United Vs West Ham United

It is difficult to imagine how much respect Sir Alex Ferguson is giving the relegation battle. To be honest, most of the players fielded by United would be in the starting eleven of most teams in the Premier League. Lets be honest here, the friendship of Sir Alex and his pal, Alan Curbishley was made clear to the world when the latter took over at West Ham. In fact, try to recall the first game that Curbishley managed; The final score was West Ham United 1 - 0 Manchester United. Conspiracy theorists would be quick to try and prove that Sir Alex had his best friend's team at heart, thus his team selection for the night.

Looking at the match statistics would tell a much different story. Manchester United dominated the statistics in all departments. Be it shots on target, attempts on goals or corners, the gulf in class between the two teams was for all to see. That being said, West Ham United took the lead at the stroke of half time. No Conspiracy theorist would be able to paint a theory with that goal in the picture. Carlos Tevez, easily the form player on the Old Trafford pitch, chased a seemingly lost cause, got a very fortunate rebound off a defender and slotted the ball in between Van Der Sar's legs.

Ferguson, seemingly returned to respecting the relegation battle, put on Ronaldo, Giggs and Scholes ten minutes into the second half. Ironically, United's play began to become more sloppy in patches as West Ham began to find their footing. With Mark Noble and Boa Morte becoming more comfortable in the middle of the park, West Ham started to look good value for their lead over the newly crowned Champions. Heroic goal keeping from Robert Green and a valid penalty shout by John O'shea summed up United's day. Final Score West Ham 1 - Manchester United 0. West Ham do the double over Manchester United, winning both home and away. Arsenal the only other team to do that to the Champions. At the end of the day, West Ham stay in the premier league and deservedly so, Manchester United champions and deservedly so.

Bring on season 2007/08!