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Manchester United 4-0 West Ham - PLAYER RATINGS: Nemanja Matic and Romelu Lukaku impress.



Romelu Lukaku immediately started to pay off his transfer fee with two goals as Manchester United beat West Ham 4-0 in their Premier League opener.

The £75million summer signing struck in each half as United justified pre-season optimism with a sparkling and confident display at Old Trafford.



The Hammers were completely outplayed and could easily have trailed by more goals before substitute Anthony Martial and Paul Pogba finally put a more realistic slant on the scoreline in the closing minutes.

Here, we rate the players on both sides...

MANCHESTER UNITED

De Gea 6

Pretty much an afternoon off, very little to do

Valencia 6


Booked. Played it pretty safe, naughty tackle on Arnautovic

Bailly 6

Booked. Showed his rash side occasionally but solid performance

Jones 6

Never under any real pressure, won’t have many easier days

Blind 6

Amused himself by venturing forward, although to little effect

Matic 9

Simply confirmed what most know - an accomplished Premier

Pogba 7

Didn’t have to shift through the gears to exert his dominance

Mata 7

Enjoyed the freedom afforded by his midfield enforcers

Mkhitaryan 7

Great delivery for Lukaku’s second. Will get sharper

Rashford 8

A needless trick or two but always likely to make things happen

Lukaku 8

Loves these flat tracks and finished with typical authority

SUBS

Fellaini (Mata 75 mins)

Martial (Rashford 80 mins)

Lingard (Mkhitaryan 88 mins)

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WEST HAM

Hart 6

Blameless for goals and made a few decent blocks

Zabaleta 4

Booked. Last thing the 32-year-old needed was Rashford rinsing him


Reid 6

Vulnerable to pace but made a string of crucial interventions

Ogbonna 6

A couple of blocks but Lukaku always looked to have his measure

Masuaku 5

Looked handy going forward but error-prone defensively

Noble 6

Threw himself into tackle after tackles
Obiang 5

Culpable for United’s opening goal, too often wasteful of possession

Fernandes 6

Decent effort on stroke of half-time on a rare foray

Arnautovic 5

The odd threat but a host of dreadful set-piece deliveries

Ayew 6

Never really got a foothold in proceedings... but he was not alone


Hernandez 5

Was never going to get the service he needs. Never a factor

SUBS

Sakho (Fernandes 61mins)

Rice (Noble 61 mins)

Cresswell (Masuaku 81 mins)