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Hammers add an extra nail to Mourinho's Manchester United coffin

WEST HAM United completed an excellent week with this comprehensive defeat of Manchester United yesterday.

The determination of the home side was typified by Pablo Zabaleta, who in the fifth minute stretched to keep the ball in, got down the line to take the return pass and cross for Felipe Anderson to finish with an audacious back-heel.

The home side continued to press, with the visitors only managing a couple of wayward first-half headers from Romelu Lukaku.

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