Manchester United 4 - West Ham United 1

Last night saw a determined but under-strength West Ham United loose 1 - 4 to a rampaging Manchester United team who are due to wrap up another successfull Premiership campaign.

United fielded a strong 4-4-2 side with Tevez and Nani up front, supported byRonaldo, Scholes, Carrick and Park, with Evra, Brown, Ferdinand and Hargreaves and van der Sar at the back. West Ham fielded the best team available consisting of Zamora, Ashton, Boa Morte, Parker, Mullins, Noble, McCartney, Tompkins, Neill, Pantsil and Green in goal.

The game started off with a flurry of brilliant attacking play by the champions, with Ronaldo opening the floodgates in only the 3rd minute from a trademark meandering run down the right flank. With a deft flick of his right heel, he changed directions which caused the West Ham left back to slip, giving Ronaldo the extra millisecond to sprint 10 yards into the opposing penalty area and let loose a low hard shot that deflected off a defenders shin and into Green's goalmouth. 1 - 0.

From another attack down the right, Hargreaves intelligently changed to his left foot almost parralel to the penalty box and floated a beautifully weighted ball to Ronaldo, who somehow managed to manouver the ball goalwards with a swivel of his hips. 2 - 0.

United by this time are on auto cruise, and penetrated West Ham's defense at will. From another passing masterclass in the middle of the park, Carlos Tevez picked up the ball on the left halfway line, switched the ball to his favoured right foot, and let loose a screamer of a shot that swerved all over the place leaving Green pawing thin air. 3 - 0.

West Ham are playing like men possessed and their resilience was rewarded when Dean Ashton latched on Brown's mistimed headed clearance right in United's penalty box. The ball bounced once, and with Ferdinand backtracking to clear the ball, Ashton with his back to the goal executed a brilliant bicycle kick that arrowed into van der Sar's goal that made the travelling West Ham faithfull jump up with joy. 3 - 1.

Then in a moment of madness just before half-time, Nani headbutted Neill, and even though both players fell to the ground theatrically, the referee brandished the red card to Nani.

5 minutes after the restart, Carrick picked up the ball in the centre circle, and seeing acres of space, made a goalward dash and smashed a hard low shot, which took a lucky deflection off Neill making the scoreline 4 - 1, which stayed on till the final whistle.