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Sam Inkersole

Arthur Masuaku scouting report: West Ham left back excels on return at Man Utd in solid showing

0-15 minutes

Within ten seconds of kick off he was taking on Diogo Dalot in an advanced position and rifled a shot from 20 yards over the bar. Made a good block from Rojo's long-range strike following a corner. Skinned Dalot with a wonderful Cruyff turn.

Excellent cross led to Anderson firing home from close range but the flag went up for offside.

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15-30 minutes

Had another really good cross go unconverted in the middle. One very clever and quick throw in put Snodgrass in the clear but his cross was cleared away by Smalling.

Did well defensively against Dalot as well, who got next to nothing out of Masuaku.

Arthur Masuaku shields the ball from Jesse Lingard at Old Trafford (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

30-45 minutes

Excellent positioning snuffed out a potentially dangerounter attack from the hosts as Masuaku kept up with Lingard and robbed the ball off him.

His defensive position was consistently good which is something he's not usually known for. Had a very good first half on his return to action.

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45-60 minutes

Brilliant backheel put Lanzini in the clear and complete made a fool of Dalot. Got to the byline consistently and put in another woderful cross but Hernandez was half a yard offside.

Diogo Dalot of Man Utd in action with Arthur Masuaku (Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images)

60-75 minutes

Wasn't really tested as the Hammers enjoyed far the better of proceedings. He remained disciplined though and didn't switch off once, which he has been prone to doing before.

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75-90 minutes

Again, not really much to report as he was untroubled defensively. Played a number of good passes down the channel for for Felipe Anderson and it led to three chances being created by the visitors.

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