West Bromwich Albion defeated ten-man Manchester United 1-0 at The Hawthorns on Sunday.
Salomon Rondon scored the only goal of the contest when he superbly controlled Sebastien Pocognoli's cross from the left before side-footing beyond David De Gea in the 66th minute.
The goal came 40 minutes after United were rescued to ten men when Juan Mata was shown a second yellow card for cutting down Darren Fletcher.
The win was Tony Pulis' side's third in their past four outings which has them up to 11th on the table as Louis van Gaal's United dropped to sixth.
MATCH OVERVIEW
West Bromwich Albion: 1 (Salomon Rondon 66')
Manchester United: 0 (red card: Juan Mata 26')
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich - 24,878
TALKING POINTS
- West Brom bearing down on a top-half finish. Is Rondon the key to them achieving this?
- A setback for United in their quest for a Champions League finish. Will this result make it hard for them to finish top four?
WHAT'S NEXT?
West Brom head to Arsenal possibly on the weekend if the Gunners lose in the FA Cup to Hull on Tuesday as United get set for the Europa League Round of 16 first leg with Liverpool on Thursday.
TWITTER INSIGHT
Big 3 points for us! The home support was unreal as alwayscongrats to @salorondon23 on the goal #WBA#GlorytoGodpic.twitter.com/yWpJGhXnjT
— Saido Berahino (@SBerahino) March 6, 2016
Man of the Match...! #WBA#Gladiator#baggieshttps://t.co/aQYtWTL1su
— Salomon Rondon (@salorondon23) March 7, 2016
Tough day for all of us, already thinking about Thursday https://t.co/hEQAT1ggjZ
— Ander Herrera (@AnderHerrera) March 7, 2016
QUOTES CORNER
West Brom's Pulis on his side's pursuit of safety:
"Let's get to 40 and then take it from there. I think 40 points is always (required)."
Man Utd's van Gaal on the result:
"I think always this match has an influence on the next match so it is, for us, very bad. It is a bad moment and it wasn't in my opinion a necessary loss.
"I don't want to say that we deserved to win, no, but we don't deserve to lose."
STATS SPECIALS
*Thanks to Opta
1 - Manchester United have won just one of their last eight Premier League away games (W1 D3 L4). Vacation.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 6, 2016
10 - All 10 of West Bromwich Albion's Premier League wins this season have been by a one-goal margin. Edged.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 6, 2016
4 - Salomon Rondon has scored in four of his last six Premier League games, having failed to score in his previous nine. Flourish.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 6, 2016
