De Gea error gifts West Ham a 1-0 win over Man United in EPL

David De Geas error in Manchester Uniteds 10 loss to West Ham loosened his teams grip on the final Champions League qualification placeThe Spain goalkeeper let Said Benrahmas hopeful shot from 20 meters slip over his glove and into the net to condemn Erik Ten Hags team to backtoback defeats in the Premier League after a 10 loss at Brighton on ThursdayMistakes are part of football and in this team you have to deal with it and bounce back because it is a team sport Ten Hag saidAlso ReadMan City skipper Gundogan to the foreOver the season he is the one with the most clean sheets and also we did it as a team It can happen its football but everybody has to take responsibilityUnited now lies just one point ahead of a rapidly advancing Liverpool albeit with a game in hand but an eighth loss on the road this season could prove as costly for the visitors as it was priceless for West HamThe Hammers climbed seven points above the relegation zone and are surely now safe ahead of two matches against AZ Alkmaar in the semifinals of the Europa Conference LeagueAs players you cant help to look around you West Ham midfielder Declan Rice saidTo win this one was big to give ourselves a gap between ourselves and the bottomDe Geas match began inauspiciously when his poor clearance flew to the feet of Rice whose run into the area was only curtailed by a lastditch tackle from Wout WeghorstMarcus Rashford curled over for the visitors while Bruno Fernandes and Antony smashed low shots narrowly wideChristian Eriksens effort also floated too high before Rashford cut inside Thilo Kehrer and crashed his shot against the outside of the near postThe goal arrived in the 27th minute and it is not one De Gea will want to see againBenrahma had few options as he drove forward with Aaron WanBissaka Victor Lindelof and Luke Shaw for companyThe Algeria winger tried his luck from outside the area but his shot lacked any real menace and De Gea should have made a routine saveBut the ball seemed to spin away from the Spaniard as he attempted to push it away and instead it rolled almost apologetically into the netIn terms of shotstopping hes made a mistake today but thats not the area I question him said former United defender Rio Ferdinand working as a pundit for British broadcaster BT SportIs he a good enough footballer to play for Manchester UnitedThe only person that can answer that is Erik ten Hag and well know at the end of this seasonUnited tried to hit straight back and Antonys shot flicked the heel of defender Nayef Aguerd before clipping the far postBut the visitors had a lucky escape in firsthalf stoppage time when Benrahma broke through again De Gea saved the wingers initial shot and his attempt to turn the rebound back into the box clearly hit the arm of LindelofIf anything the Sweden defender got a better hand to it than his goalkeeper did for the goal but the penalty appeals were waved away with the VAR apparently seeing nothing untowardUnited got away with another after the break when De Gea went down as he was challenged by Michail Antonio at a corner the West Ham striker ending up hooking the ball in only to be pulled up for a foulWeghorst had Uniteds first shot on target as the hour mark approached a tame effort from the edge of the box which was straight at Lukasz FabianskiBut West Ham eager to put its relegation worries to bed with the Europa League Conference semifinals to look forward to sensed something special and Tomas Souceks volley hit a post before the Czech midfielders header was ruled out for offsideFabianski made late saves from Rashford and Anthony Martial but Ten Hags side offered little in its 57th match of a grueling season which along with Liverpool might just be catching up with themWe cant be sorry for ourselves Ten Hag saidWe have to keep going and show character Its only four games left You need energy Get ready for the games clear your head energy focus and goThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever