majority of "card " decisions were wrong , sending off possibly deserved a yellow but Payet / Darmian and even arguably Valencia's for pretty inconcequential fouls , Kouyate not being sent off for a very nasty tackle on Mkhi and Reid not gettng a yellow for blatant hand ball just proved how much of a bad game Dean was having.
On balance Man Utd probably deserved it - Pogba missing both posts fractionally, Herrera not catching his shot just right, Lingard's hiting the post from a yard when it was far easier to score probably balancing out Antonio 's 1-on-1 with De Gea (not sure the header was ever going to be on target from that corner) and the one other save that De Gea had to make high up to his left probably balance everything else out.
Vital 3 points esp considering Liverpool's draw and they are up next in the PL ( albeit two games for each side before that) , just glad Man Utd are keeping pressure on 2-5 in the table even if the actual table position hasnt changed.
Mourinho deserves a lot of credit for today, was aprehensive seeing Fellaini warming up at 1/2 time but JM got it spot on today at the right times - a major change for the good from the first couple of months of the season.
Liverpool at home and Stoke away (both potentially awkward to say the least) before another little run of very winnable games......depending on injuries of course. Team is looking so much better than 6-8 weeks ago , really have a good chance of pressuriing City / Arsenal / Spurs especially in the next month or so with a long run of top 6 vs top 6 games over that period every fixture
But you have had the same if not more advantageous decisions in your direction, chiefly with respect to not getting players red carded
Herrera was also sent off earlier in the season for two yellow cards when he pulled out fo the 2nd challange completely
Swings and roundabouts - today was just a bit of payback
West Ham should have still been down to ten men well before the end either way, and in a more crucial position from Man Utd's attacking point of view - so if anything the early red card worked against Man Utd ( not sure the player actually sent off was that big a miss, he isnt exactly a Payet or even a Carroll )
