West Ham fights off Manchester United in thrilling Boleyn farewell

London - Winston Reid's 80th-minute header harpooned Manchester United's Champions League qualification hopes as West Ham United crowned its final Boleyn Ground match with a thrilling 3-2 triumph on Tuesday.

United, whose bus was attacked en route to the ground, had come from behind to lead 2-1 after Anthony Martial's brace negated Diafra Sakho's 10th-minute opener.

But Michail Antonio equalised with a bullet header in the 76th minute before West Ham captain Reid smuggled a header past visiting goalkeeper David de Gea to bring the 2,398th and final game at the east London ground to a crashing crescendo.

The result left United in fifth place in the Premier League and means that it can only pip Manchester City to fourth place if it wins at home to Bournemouth on Sunday and City lose at Swansea City.

That unlikely scenario confronts under-pressure United manager Louis van Gaal with the unwanted consolation of a Europa League berth, although his side also faces Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final.

His opposite number, Slaven Bilic, was left to celebrate a first league win over United in 15 attempts, which took West Ham back above Southampton and into a Europa League slot.

But while the manner of victory was a fitting send-off for the 112-year-old ground, ahead of West Ham's move to the Olympic Stadium, it was marred by pre-match scenes that saw the United bus pelted with cans and bottles.

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It resulted in a 45-minute delay to kick-off, and there were further scenes of disorder when De Gea had bottles thrown at him following Martial's equaliser.

United was boosted by the returns of Martial and Marcus Rashford - the former having missed Saturday's 1-0 win at Norwich City with a hamstring problem, while the latter was rested - but the Red Devils barely had time to draw breath as West Ham surged ahead.