Mark Noble missed a penalty for West Ham in the dying minutes of the game handing Manchester United a 2-1 victory on Sunday.
Seeing West Ham win a penalty deep into stoppage time, and presented with an unexpected chance to equalize against Manchester United, David Moyes made a bold call. Having left Mark Noble on the bench throughout the 90 minutes, the West Ham manager decided now was the moment to deploy his captain. (More Football News)
Noble바카라™s first touch of the ball was taking the penalty, striking it low toward the corner of the net. Then something of a rarity happened 바카라” the ball was pushed away by David De Gea. After conceding 40 spot kicks in a row, it was the first time since 2016 that the United and Spain goalkeeper had saved a penalty.
United held on to complete a 2-1 victory in the Premier League on Sunday after a comeback sparked by Cristiano Ronaldo canceling out Said Benrahma바카라™s deflected strike, by reacting after his initial shot was saved.
Even more galling for Moyes than the penalty miss, the scorer of the winner in the 89th minute was Jesse Lingard. He was on loan at the Hammers from United last season but wasn바카라™t allowed to come back to the east London club.
바카라śI was laughing,바카라ť Moyes recalled of his exchange with Lingard after the curling strike. 바카라śI wish he hadn바카라™t scored, but we had a chance to get a draw out of it and we missed our chance.바카라ť Not that Moyes had any regrets about bringing Noble on after Luke Shaw handled.
바카라śMark Noble is one of the best penalty kick takers we바카라™ve got,바카라ť Moyes said. 바카라śWe had time to think, time to make that choice, my choice, my decision. That바카라™s what happens in management. You have to make big decisions, sometimes they go (right), sometimes they don바카라™t and maybe the job바카라™s for some people and maybe not for other people.바카라ť
Moyes used to have the United job, for less than a season after Alex Ferguson바카라™s retirement in 2013. No United manager since Ferguson has lifted the Premier League trophy. Now United is among the pacesetters on 13 points along with Liverpool and Chelsea, which beat Tottenham 3-0 on Sunday.
바카라śWe바카라™ve got to keep our feet grounded, dig out the points like we did today,바카라ť United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said.
Second-Half TransformationÂ
Chelsea continued matching each of Liverpool바카라™s results through the first five rounds of the season. The European champions took the lead four minutes into the second half after Thiago Silva darted into space to meet a corner from Marcos Alonso with a header.
The goal was more fortuitous in the 57th minute after N바카라™Golo Kante saw a shot heavily deflect off Eric Dier and go into the net off the post. Kante had replaced Mason Mount at halftime.
바카라śIt was perhaps a bit more defensive, but I wanted to give the sign I was not happy with the energy,바카라ť Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel said. 바카라śFor me it was about second balls and sending signals, to let the confidence grow by a higher work rate and closing players down.바카라ť
Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris was kept busy to prevent Chelsea adding to its score until Antonio RĂĽdiger struck from distance in stoppage time. The match at Tottenham바카라™s stadium was preceded by a minute바카라™s applause to remember Jimmy Greaves, a former striker for the north London club and Chelsea, who died Sunday at the age of 81.
Surprising Start
The most unexpectedly strong start to the season is from Brighton, which is only a point behind Chelsea, Liverpool and United after beating Leicester 2-1 thanks to a penalty from Neal Maupay and header from Danny Welbeck.
Jamie Vardy pulled one back in the 61st with his 150th goal for Leicester on his 250th Premier League appearance, while the visitors had potential equalizers ruled out for offside and obstruction.