Manchester United missed yet another opportunity to move into the top five, after a late West Ham equaliser at Old Trafford on Thursday night.
With Liverpool, Chelsea, Sunderland, and others all dropping points, the visit of relegation-threatened West Ham presented a big chance for Ruben Amorim's side to kick on after a more mixed run of form of late.
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Instead, questions will now once again linger about United, after yet more dropped points at home.
Diogo Dalot had given United the lead just before the hour with a tidy close-range finish, after Casemiro's shot was blocked down.
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Coming down the home stretch, United struggled to make any meaningful attacking inroads, and looked nervy in defence.
They were made pay for their indifferent performance, with Soungoutou Magassa forcing the ball home from a late corner to snatch a valuable point for the Hammers.
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The away fans in Old Trafford were ecstatic, but for the home fans this was a deeply worrying result.
After last week's defeat to Everton, it means United have won just one of their last five games, and the feel-good nature of October's four wins in a row feels a long stretch away now.
Once again, Ruben Amorim's system was called into question, with his in-game management also dubious as he sought to see off one of the poorest sides in the league.
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Post-match on Sky Sports, Roy Keane explained one aspect of his former side's performance he saw as an "insult," and explained why the likes of West Ham felt so emboldened to come to Old Trafford and win.
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Manchester United drop more points against West Ham
Roy Keane was on punditry duty for Sky Sports as his former club Manchester United stuttered en route to a poor draw with West Ham on Thursday.
The Corkonian has been a vocal critic of United in recent years, and was hugely disappointed with their inability to capitalise on slip-ups higher up the table.
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It'll be a concern for them, the last few performances.
That's the word tonight after the game, when you thought you'd an opportunity to get the feel-good factor, get some momentum into the season.
We see how tight the table is, a lot of teams inconsistent. United had a chance - a little bit - just to put a marker down and say we can win these games we're expected to win.
Win that game, they're up to fifth in the league. They couldn't take it.
Most "insulting" to Keane, though, was how easy the win had been for West Ham.
Though the former Manchester United captain said that he felt the side had improved going forward this year, he still sees a fundamental issue in the lack of fear factor visiting teams now experience visiting Old Trafford.
You think, when teams come to United and you're trying to get a good result...I bet Everton and West Ham have gone off the pitch and thought, 'That wasn't too bad, that.'
At least put demands on them physically, technically. I think United give these teams a lot of hope now.
I think the biggest insult you can have as a player, particularly for United, is I think they're quite easy to play against.
Particularly in the last 10-15 minutes - where's the aggression? Where's the fouls? Even if United think, 'Well, one's enough' - slow the game down, if you don't have that belief to go and get the second and third goal. Find a way to win, grind out a result.
Then, we're sitting here tonight saying, '1-0, poor game, but they won 1-0, there's a thumbs up for that.' Instead, the word everybody's going to be using in the next few days, the manager used it there - 'frustration.'
It's hard to argue with Roy Keane on this one, on another frustrating night for Manchester United.
In the last calendar year alone, West Ham (twice), Everton, Wolves - and many more who would have long seen Old Trafford as an impossible ground to come to - have taken points away from Manchester.
Ruben Amorim now has the whole weekend to attempt to regroup, before a trip to Wolves on Monday night.
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