Manchester United vs West Ham United. Premier League.
Old Trafford.
Tuesday 21 July 2020 11:04, UK
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Anthony Martial produced his standout performance in a Manchester United shirt as he bagged a hat-trick in a 3-0 win over Sheffield United.
The French striker has had his critics at Old Trafford but gave a lacklustre Blades outfit the run-around, opening the scoring with a close-range finish from a Marcus Rashford cross (7).
Chris Wilder's men did not heed that warning as they allowed another cross from the right flank from Aaron Wan-Bissaka to be clinically finished by Martial (44). He completed his hat-trick by finishing off a flowing move (74) that involved both Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba, who were starting together for the first time for Manchester United.
The result stretches Ole Gunnar Solskjaer side's unbeaten run to 13 games across all competitions - a period where they've scored 33 goals and conceded just three. It also moves them back to within two points of Chelsea in fourth - Frank Lampard's side play Manchester City on Thursday.
The Blades still had plenty of defensive reinforcements in the box but Martial reacted quicker than Chris Basham to Rashford's ball in and flashed a first-time finish past Simon Moore.
Oliver Norwood was brushed aside far too easily by Rashford down the right before the striker skipped past Phil Jagielka, who became the oldest outfield player to play at Old Trafford since Gary Alexander for Burnley in Jan 2010 and looked every inch of his 37 years.
