Marcus Rashford scored his 100th goal for Manchester United but it required heroics from David de Gea to secure a 1-0 win against West Ham in the Premier League on Sunday.
The victory moves United up to fifth in the league after Erik ten Hag’s team was pushed to the limit by the visitors, reports AP.
Rashford’s 38th-minute header saw him arrive at a personal landmark, becoming the first United player to reach a century of goals since all-time leading scorer Wayne Rooney.
But this proved to be a day when the team was more reliant on De Gea, who produced three outstanding saves in the second half to resist West Ham’s fightback.
Ten Hag may well look at the opportunities his own players failed to take, with both Rashford and Cristiano Ronaldo guilty of wasting chances in either half.
But that takes nothing away from De Gea’s performance in a week when reports in Spain claimed he was set to be cut from his country’s World Cup squad.
