Days after his painful loss to Manchester United 1-2 in the English Premier League, West Ham managed to avenge his opponent by beating him 1-0 at home, to eliminate him from the third round of the League Cup, on Wednesday.
Manchester United coach, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, made 11 changes to the squad that played Sunday's match in the league, resting the stars of the first row, led by Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, French Paul Pogba, and Portuguese playmaker Bruno Fernandes (participated in the middle of the second half), but he paid the price. Losing the first championship of the season.
Although the hosts controlled the game relatively in the first half, West Ham opened the scoring through Argentine striker Manuel Lanzini, after 9 minutes, after a "turmoil" inside the area.
Manchester put pressure on the French goalkeeper Alphonse Areola, but his attacks were timid, and did not pose a great danger to the visitors' goal.
In the second half, the Red Devils had several chances, but their attackers squandered them one by one, to get the team out of the third round.
The loss is the second for Manchester since the beginning of the current season, after falling against the Swiss Young Boys at the beginning of his career in the Champions League, knowing that his record in the league includes 4 victories and one draw.
In the other most prominent matches, Chelsea needed penalty kicks to overcome Aston Villa's obstacle after the end of regular time with a 1-1 draw.
The London team advanced with a header from German striker Timo Werner (54), before Cameron Archer responded with a equalizer after 10 minutes.
Tottenham followed the example of Chelsea by beating Wolverhampton on penalties 3-2 after the end of the regular time in a 2-2 draw, after a meeting in which the London team advanced with two goals through French midfielder Tangu Ndombele (14) and its captain Harry Kane (23), before Wolverhampton equalized through the Belgian. Leander Dendoncker (38) and Portugal's Daniel Bodance (58).
On the other hand, Arsenal won an easy 3-0 victory over Wimbledon, with French Alexandre Lacazette (11), Emile Smith Roy (77) and Edward Nketiah (80) alternately scored.
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