Despite bouncing back from last weekend’s Manchester derby defeat
with a rousing Capital One Cup victory over Liverpool in midweek, David Moyes’
side were unable to break down the well-drilled visitors in open
play, and succumbed to two fine goals.
A solo effort from Morgan Amalfitano and Saido Berahino's low
strike sandwiched a Wayne Rooney free-kick, but United came no closer to
an equaliser than in an injury-time flurry when Michael Carrick's shot was
beaten away and substitute Adnan Januzaj fired off-target.
Nani had provided United's most fruitful attacking outlet for most
of the afternoon, slinging in several superb crosses, two of which were
narrowly ahead of Chicharito while another was headed straight at Boaz Myhill
by Rooney.
It was the visitors, however, who spurned the clearest two
openings of the first half, as Berahino glanced a header just wide and Stephane
Sessegnon blazed horribly over from a corner.
Januzaj was introduced at half-time in place of Shinji Kagawa, but
it was the visitors who forged ahead when Amalfitano surged towards goal and
cut infield before lifting an impudent finish over David De Gea.
The Baggies' celebrations were quickly cut short, however, as
Rooney whipped a free-kick between the visitors' wall and a cluster of
onrushing players to level the scores within three minutes, but to their
credit, West Brom immediately hit back.
Jonas Olsson headed Amalfitano's corner against the United
crossbar, and it was in-keeping with play when Berahino lashed a 20-yard effort
past De Gea with 23 minutes remaining.
The home support briefly thought
United had levelled when substitute Marouane Fellaini slid home Nani's cross,
but the Belgian was correctly flagged offside and, after a late surge in
which Myhill beat away Carrick's shot and Januzaj fizzed an
effort past the top corner, the Reds were beaten.
Culled from Manutd.com
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