West Ham United Women suffered a 2-1 defeat against Manchester United as Viviane Asseyi’s stoppage-time penalty proved too late to rescue a point.
Elisabeth Terland gave Manchester United an early lead at the Progress With Unity Stadium before Andrea Medina doubled the advantage in the second half.
Asseyi converted a penalty in the 92nd minute to give Rita Guarino’s side late hope, but United held on to secure all three points.
The result leaves West Ham with three points from their opening four Women’s Super League matches.
Terland gives Manchester United early lead
West Ham entered the game looking to respond to their late 1-0 WSL defeat against Everton last weekend.
Guarino made two changes from that league fixture, with Eva Nyström and Oona Siren replacing Laia Codina and the injured Riko Ueki.
West Ham’s official team announcement confirmed Ueki remained unavailable, while Codina dropped to the substitutes’ bench.
The Hammers quickly found themselves behind.
Terland struck after nine minutes, with Anna Sandberg providing the assist as Manchester United took control of the contest.
West Ham stayed within one goal for much of the afternoon but struggled to create enough clear opportunities to find an equaliser.
Andrea Medina doubles Manchester United advantage
The decisive second goal arrived in the 72nd minute.
Medina found the net to make it 2-0 and leave West Ham requiring a major late response.
Guarino had already introduced Leila Wandeler for Siren before sending Ebony Salmon on for Seraina Piubel as the Hammers attempted to change the game.
The FotMob match data shows Manchester United finished with 15 shots compared with West Ham’s nine and recorded 1.67 expected goals to the Hammers’ 1.13.
Constance Picaud-Inconnu helped keep West Ham in contention, but the visitors were unable to turn their greater spells of second-half pressure into a goal until stoppage time.
Viviane Asseyi scores late West Ham penalty
Asseyi finally reduced the deficit in the second minute of added time.
The France international converted from the penalty spot to make it 2-1 and score her second WSL goal of the campaign.
There was not enough time for West Ham to complete the comeback.
Manchester United held on for their first league victory of the season after entering the weekend with only one point from three matches.
For West Ham, it is a second consecutive WSL defeat following the Everton setback.
Guarino’s side have now beaten London City Lionesses but lost to Tottenham, Everton and Manchester United during their opening four league fixtures.
The Hammers have little time to dwell on the result.
They return to Subway Players Cup action against Southampton at Victoria Road on Wednesday 30 September.
Supporters can look back at the build-up and broadcast information from Sunday’s game in our Manchester United Women vs West Ham Women match guide.
