90+3 min West Ham are struggling to create anything in injury time, with Manchester United working very hard off the ball.

90 min There will be five minutes of added time.

88 min An accidental elbow from Rice catches Jones, who has blood streaming from a cut above his right eye. United have used all their substitutes so he is being patched up like Basil Fawlty for the last few minutes.

86 min Fredericks wins another corner for West Ham, who keep coming back for more.

84 min Anderson’s low cross is touched off by Antonio for Diangana, whose snapshot is blocked. West Ham probably deserve to win this game, never mind draw it.

83 min “That was very witty from Jason Brady,” says Adam Roberts. “I’ll have to miss the rest of the game as I’m off to hospital to have my sides sewn back together.”

Can’t they do the operation on your sofa, eh?

78 min: What a save from De Gea! Antonio got in front of Lingard to head towards goal from six yards, and as the ball bounced up De Gea leapt to his right to make a spectacular, sinew-straining save. He just got enough of his fingertips on the ball to divert it over the bar.

77 min: Antonio hits the bar! What an effort that was. He rumbled away from Fred and Jones on the edge of the area before hitting a brilliant rising drive with his left foot that beat De Gea and thundered off the bar. The rebound came to Felipe Anderson, who cut inside and drove a low shot that was comfortably saved by De Gea.

76 min A West Ham change: Ryan Fredericks replaces Pablo Zabaleta.

75 min A double change for Manchester United. Andreas Pereira and the 17-year-old Mason Greenwood replace Romelu Lukaku and Marcos Rojo. Don’t ask me what formation they are playing now, for I haven’t got a clue. But let me start by saying, it’s not 4-4-2.

72 min Javier Hernandez is applauded off the field by both sets of fans. Michail Antonio replaces him.

71 min Diangana skins Rojo and forces Lingard to concede a corner. Snodgrass’s inswinger is headed behind by Smalling for another corner, this time on the left. Snodgrass’s outswinger is headed on Felipe Anderson at the near post, and Jones stretches around Balbuena in the six-yard box to make a brilliant interception.

70 min A cracking long-range shot from Rice is well blocked by Rojo.

69 min Martial runs the ball out of play. He’s had a minor stinker today.

68 min “Adam Roberts says he is watching the game ‘from my couch in Cayman’,” says Jason Brady. “Probably enjoying a prawn sandwich while he’s at it. Typical Man U supporter.”

To be fair to Adam, they are no trains from the Cayman Islands to Old Trafford this weekend.

67 min Rojo’s low drive from 25 yards is comfortably saved by Fabianski. It was a good strike but nowhere near the corner.

64 min Manchester United have looked much better since Rashford came on, partly because their tempo has increased. Their attacking in the first 55 minutes was strangely ponderous.

63 min A game of head tennis in the West Ham box ends with Rashford heading over from six yards. He should have scored, though he has at least given United a bit of attacking intent since coming on. West Ham would have gone postal had he scored, because there were three or four United players offside in the build-up.

Meanwhile, Grady Diangana has come on for Lanzini.

62 min Pogba’s low cross is dummied cleverly by Rashford at the near post, and Zabaleta gets in front of Lingard to make a vital clearance.

60 min Lanzini has pulled a groin muscle and needs to come off. That’s a real shame for a player who has had so many injury problems.

58 min: Fine save from Fabianski! Smalling slid a good pass down the inside-right channel to Rashford, who had no support so decided to smack a first-time shot across goal from a tight angle. He caught it beautifully, but Fabianski got down very smartly to save with his right hand.

57 min West Ham will rarely have a better chance to win at Old Trafford. They are much the better team at the moment.

56 min Marcus Rashford comes on to replace the disappointing Juan Mata. I’d be tempted to bring on McTominay as well to give them more energy in midfield.

55 min “Good morning Rob, good morning everyone,” says Adam Roberts. “Nice to resurrect our relationship where I sit on my couch in Cayman and you sit on your keyboard wherever you are in the UK. It was a moral penalty - ultra cynical from Snodgrass whose reaction was ‘Yes, I fouled him but I made sure I did it outside the box’. We are living in strange times where Jones is the best defender on the pitch and Lukaku is United’s most creative player. I miss Chicharito.”

54 min The corner is cleared to Zabaleta, whose left-footed volley from 25 yards is comfortably held by the diving De Gea.

53 min Felipe Anderson scoots away from the increasingly inept Rojo to win a corner.

51 min It’s been all West Ham since half-time, and the crowd are getting restless.

De Gea’s loose throw out was intercepted by Rice, and moments later West Ham were level. The ball was moved to the left, where Lanzini coaxed a superb inswinging cross to the far post. Felipe Anderson, who was left alone by Rojo, stretched to force the ball through De Gea from close range.

46 min Peep peep! Manchester United begin the second half and almost score after 16 seconds. Lingard plays a neat through pass to Martial, who tries to lay the ball off to Lukaku and loses it.

VAR department

“Nicola Berti was definitely off, Rob,” says Simon McMahon. “Don’t need VAR for that.”

The more you see the Manchester United penalty, the more it looks like the wrong decision. I thought Snodgrass went through Mata, but replays suggest it was just a legitimate shoulder barge. The collision sent Mata up in the air, which also made it look worse than it was.

Half-time reading

44 min Felipe Anderson swaggers infield from the right and drills a low cross that is kicked away by the stretching De Gea. West Ham are a bit unfortunate to be behind. They’ve had an even share of this half, and had an early Felipe Anderson goal wrongly disallowed.

43 min A West Ham corner is half cleared and comes to Felipe Anderson, who thrashes wide of the near post from the left side of the box. That was a chance.

42 min “I must say, and I don’t wish to jinx him, Phil Jones been absolutely magnificent thus far,” says Duncan Edwards. “He’s used his positioning, reflexes, and concentration to snuff out several dangerous situations. On the other hand what the flip is Martial’s problem. An energetic and dazzling show today and he’d be brimming with confidence for the Camp Nou. Instead he’s taking Pogba’s lead and pratting about taking too many touches.”

He’s not a killer, that’s his problem, and I’m not sure you can be a great player unless you are.

40 min Martial plays a neat reverse pass to Lukaku, whose shot from 20 yards deflects wide off Ogbonna. Mata’s outswinging corner is headed over from 12 yards by the unmarked Smalling, who should have done better.

39 min Lingard, incidentally, has been really poor since his return from injury. He’s a deceptively important player and United could do with him at his best in Barcelona.

38 min A superb flick from Lukaku finds Lingard, who tries to go past Ogbonna in the area and loses the ball. Ogbonna then squares up to Lingard, accusing him of diving, and Lingard is pulled away from trouble by Lukaku.

36 min Mata walks past Lanzini on the right and curls a deep, inswinging cross that is knocked over the bar from a very acute angle by Martial.

35 min “Mate, I have actually watched every minute of every professional game of football around the globe in the last five years,” says Ian Copestake. “I am now insane.”

34 min Mata is booked for a late tackle on Noble.

32 min This is a breezy, fun game, which almost has the feel of a last-day-of the-season match.

30 min If I was king, I would use VAR just for offsides. There’s a definite right and wrong in those cases, and it wouldn’t delay the game for long. You could have given the West Ham goal earlier in the game within 30 seconds.

29 min “Do the people that say we have the worst referees actually watch any of the other leagues? I’ve seen a lot of errors in Bundesliga and La Liga, even with VAR being used. Don’t get me wrong, there have been some shocking decisions made by Premier League referees, but the amount of moaning is unbearable.”

Yes, I love it when football folk say with absolute certainty that something is the best or worst in the world. Watched every minute of every professional game of football around the globe in the last five years, have you?

28 min Another good run down the left from Lukaku. This time he drills a flat pass to Dalot on the other side of the penalty area; he comes back onto his left foot and shoots miles wide.

27 min Lukaku breaks down the left and plays a careful pass back to Pogba, whose shot from the edge of the area is blocked by Balbuena.

24 min Lanzini’s free-kick hits the top of the wall and goes behind for a corner. Snodgrass’s outswinger from the left hits the unsighted Dalot and flies over his own bar for another corner. Snodgrass’s second corner is flicked on by Felipe Anderson at the near post and flashes right across the face of goal. That was crying out for someone to arrive at the far post and roof one from two yards.

23 min Pogba is penalised for a high foot 25 yards from goal. West Ham have a few good free-kick takers; Anderson, Lanzini and Snodgrass are all around the ball.

22 min “Yet more incompetent refereeing,” says Keith Sanderson.

20 min There were two issues with the penalty decision - whether it was a foul and whether it was in the area. Both were debatable, but I reckon it was the right decision. West Ham are hacked off, though, not least because they were robbed earlier with Felipe Anderson’s offside goal.

16 min Lovely move from Manchester United. Fred sprays a fine pass out to Lukaku on the right. He plays an angled pass back infield for Lingard, whose low ball flashes across the face of goal.

14 min West Ham have been the better side so far and look lively on the break.

11 min Manchester United look flat and a bit sluggish.

10 min: Felipe Anderson has a goal wrongly disallowed for offside! Masuaku’s cross from the left was headed down by Hernandez, and when the ball bounced up Anderson finished acrobatically from six yards. He looked offside and was flagged offside - but replays show the right-back Dalot was playing him on.

9 min West Ham are playing with Snodgrass in the centre - partly to defend against Pogba - and Lanzini on the right.

7 min It’s been an open start to the game, although neither side has created anything worth shouting about in an internet liveblog.

4 min Dalot’s cross deflects behind for the first corner. Mata’s inswinger is half cleared to Fred, whose crisp shot from 20 yards is blocked.

3 min A slow start to the game. Paul Pogba is, as expected, playing a bit deeper for United alongside Fred.

1 min Peep peep! West Ham, in their light grey third strip, get the match under way. United are in red.

The players emerge from the tunnel on a chilly Manchester evening. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, looking as happy as ever, high-fives Fred the Red.

Manuel Pellegrini explains Arnautovic’s absence “Marko was sick during the week so he was not 100 per cent to play this game.”

The 3pm kick-offs are coming to an end, and it’s been another bad day for Neil Warnock’s blood pressure

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Pre-match reading