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West Ham player ratings vs Man United: Lucas Paqueta gift-wraps the goals for a happy Hammers Christmas

Star man: Lucas Paqueta (PA)
Star man: Lucas Paqueta (PA)

West Ham head into Christmas with a morale-bosting win over Manchester United.

Having struggled against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup in midweek, David Moyes reinstated his big guns and they delivered against a sorry Reds side.

Here's how David Moyes's side rated at the London Stadium...

Alphonse Areola 6

Backed to return as League No1 despite Fabianski form. Fumbled a Mainoo strike that almost crept in but kept a first League clean sheet since September.

Vladimir Coufal 6

Spent a fair bit of time drifting inside. Caught out by Garnacho's runs on a couple of occasions.

Kurt Zouma 8

Bullied Hojlund, who hardly had a kick. Superb clearance denied Garnacho a tap-in.

Konstantinos Mavropanos 6

Doesn't inspire confidence yet but steady enough.

Emerson 7

Decent strike well saved by Onana early on. Kept Antony largely under wraps, though that is not saying much.

James Ward-Prowse 6

Delivery strangely off, with a couple of balls whipped too high and deep.

Edson Alvarez 7

Did an excellent job in marking Fernandes out of the game.

Tomas Soucek 6

Picked up his customary facial injury in clash with Emerson.

Mohammed Kudus 7

Gifted ball away for what should have been United opener but Garnacho missed. Quiet going forward but came alive to take clinching goal brilliantly .Booked.

Jarrod Bowen 7

Did little to trouble a makeshift centre-back pairing until being moved back wide. From there, got his goal running inside onto Paqueta pass.

Lucas Paqueta 8

Moment of absolute quality lit up an otherwise drab game and made Bowen's goal. Assisted Kudus's second, too. Booked.

Substitutes

Pablo Fornals (Bowen 87')

Ben Johnson (Kudus 90')

Unused: Fabianski, Cresswell, Ogbonna, Kehrer, Benrahma, Mubama, Ings