Half time: 0 - 0
Full time: 0 - 1
Shots: 14 - 10
Shots on target: 4 - 4
Corner Kicks: 4 - 4
Possession: 70% - 30%
One booking for either side here, with Manchester United's Paul Pogba and West Brom's Allan Nyom being shown the yellow card by referee Paul Tiernry.
Well, well, well, we certainly didn't see this one coming. Having produced an inspired second half comeback to beat league leaders Manchester City away from home last weekend, Manchester United contrived to get beaten of the leagues bottom side at Old Trafford this week.
As expected United enjoyed the lion's share of possession but were only level in the shots on target stakes by the end of the game as West Brom successfully pulled off a text book smash and grab raid at the Theatre Of Dreams. A lot of United's possession was however in meaningless areas as they employed the "why use one pass when three will do approach", failing to find the incisiveness to undo a determined Baggies outfit.
It soon became apparent that this may not go entirely to script as United looked a shadow of the side who played at City last week, and were largely restricted to efforts from range. West Brom came closest to scoring in the first half with Jake Livermore forcing an excellent save from David De Gea in the twelfth minute. Goalless at the break.
The pattern of play remained much the same in the second half. United dominating the ball but West Brom looking dangerous on the counter and from set-pieces.
What turned out to be the winner came from a corner kick in the 73rd minute. The ball swung in from the right being inadvertently headed back across goal by Nemanja Matic and straight into the path of Jay Rodriguez who headed home.
And despite a lot of huffing and puffing and one excellent save by Ben Foster from a Romelu Lukaku header, that's the way it stayed as the Baggies held on for a remarkable win.
Darren Moore deserves a lot of credit for the belief he seems to have instilled in this West Brom squad in such a short space of time. And whilst it is surely too little too late in terms of survival, they are at least showing a bit of pride and aren't mathematically down yet.
The most significant outcome of this match concerned the top of the table though. Manchester City are now officially your Premier League Champions for the 2017/18 season.
