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Monday, 1 January, 2001, 21:57 GMT
Clockwatch: Man Utd 3-1 West Ham
Phil Neville and team-mates
Phil Neville is congratulated after the second goal
All the action as it happened from the Premiership clash at Old Trafford which saw Manchester United go 11 points clear at the top. Scroll down for earlier action.

Full-time: Man U 3-1 West Ham

87 mins: Yorke strikes the bar with a header from Beckham's cross.

83: Lampard misses a chance to grab a second goal for the visitors, putting his shot over the bar after rounding Barthez.

79: Nicky Butt replaces Paul Scholes.

72: Frederic Kanoute's persistence pays off as he nods home from Stuart Pearce's corner. Man U 3-1 West Ham.

64: Barthez thwarts another Kanoute effort.

61: Kanoute's thundering shot is parried by Barthez.

Solskjaer outjumps Song of West Ham
Solskjaer makes sure he is first to the ball

60: With the points looking safe, Wallwork and Greening replace Giggs and Keane.

58: Yorke's diving header seals a superb move. Skipper Keane combines with Phil Neville before delivering an excellent cross which the striker powers home.
Man U 3-0 West Ham.

53: Beckham sends in a searching cross, which Pearce clears for a corner.

51: Wes Brown booked for felling Kanoute as the Frenchman surged towards the penalty area.

47: Pearce appears to stamp on Solskjaer after tangling in the West Ham half.

46: Hammers boss Harry Redknapp brings on midfielder Joe Cole (for Camara) and Finnish defender Hannu Tihinen (Moncur).

Half-time: Man U 2-0 West Ham

44: Another assault on West Ham's goal. Hislop saves a Solskjaer drive.

43: Yorke fluffs a close-range header after Giggs finds him in the penalty area.

37: Barthez makes his first save of the match, getting behind a Kanoute shot.

36: Camara shown the yellow card for a challenge on Phil Neville.

35: Giggs seeks out Yorke after a brilliant run by the Welshman, but the Hammers scramble clear.

33: Phil Neville's right wing ball across the penalty area is diverted by Stuart Pearce past Hislop and sneaks into the net.
Man U 2-0 West Ham.

29: The home side force another Hislop stop. This time, he palms away a low drive from Yorke.

28: Solskjaer forces Hislop to save low to the goalkeeper's left.

27: Hislop produces a brilliant fingertip save to deny a rising Giggs shot, struck on the half-volley. Solskjaer heads just over from the corner.

Rigobert Song
Off song: West Ham's forlorn defender

22: Song goes some way to redeeming his earlier mistake by clearing a Yorke header off the line after Beckham finds the striker with a pinpoint cross.

16: Beckham threatens twice, first with a dipping 25-yard effort which is tipped over and then a swerving shot that goes just wide.

15: Lomas forced to head clear at back post as Phil Neville aims a dangerous cross from the right side at Yorke.

12: With the visitors looking ragged, veteran defender Stuart Pearce is booked for a foul on Scholes just outside the penalty area. Beckham's swerving free-kick is well stopped by Hislop down to his right.

9: Kanoute is judged to be offside after being sent through by Camara on a rare West Ham attack.

7: Yorke finds himself in space on the right flank, cuts inside and fires a rasping shot narrowly past the far post.

2: Solskjaer seizes on an error by West Ham defender Rigobert Song and sends a low drive past the despairing dive of Shaka Hislop.
Man U 1-0 West Ham.

Kick-off: West Ham get the ball rolling, looking to erase the memory of last season's 7-1 drubbing at Old Trafford.


Team news

Sir Alex Ferguson pairs Dwight Yorke and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer up front as United looked to go 11 points clear at the top of the table.

West Ham are without Italian Paulo Di Canio, after the striker pulled out with a heavy cold.

Man Utd: Barthez, Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Brown, Silvestre, Beckham, Keane, Scholes, Solskjaer, Yorke, Giggs. Subs: Van Der Gouw, Clegg, Butt, Wallwork, Greening.

West Ham: Hislop, Stuart Pearce, Song, Winterburn, Sinclair, Carrick, Lomas, Moncur, Lampard, Kanoute, Camara. Subs: Potts, Diawara, Cole, Tihinen, Forrest.

Referee: P Jones (Loughborough)

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