Manchester United drew 1-1 with West Ham United in the Thursday night Premier League clash at Old Trafford.
The first half ended scoreless, with the Reds applying plenty of pressure and going closest to breaking the deadlock when Joshua Zirkzee kneed Amad's cross towards goal from close range, only to have it cleared off the line by former United defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
United continued to push after the interval and it paid off, with Diogo Dalot turning home a loose ball that found him on the end of a Casemiro shot.
The lead held until the 83rd minute, but the Hammers found a way through, with Soungoutou Magassa firing home a rebounded corner from close range, forcing the Reds to settle for a point.
FIRST HALF - STALEMATE
The Reds made an energetic start to the game, putting together some neat passing moves in the visitors' half, without truly testing Alphonse Areola for the first 10 minutes.
United looked the most assured on the ball in the opening moments, but the Hammers provided an early warning that they could be a threat on the counter, with former Red Wan-Bissaka breaking down the right flank and finding Mateus Fernandes on the edge of the box, although the Portuguese attacker's attempt was blocked resoundingly by a sliding Casemiro.
With an injury keeping Matthijs de Ligt out of the squad, young defender Ayden Heaven was given the central role in Amorim's back three, and it was clear that two experienced operators in Callum Wilson and Jarrod Bowen were not going to give him an easy ride, the latter tempting him into a yellow-card offence with just eight minutes played.
After a promising opening, however, it was Nuno Espirito Santo's side who appeared to growing into the game, finding routes towards Senne Lammens's goal and threatening on a couple of occasions from corners.
But the Reds needed just one corner routine in the 28th minute to produce the closest effort in the first half an hour, with Bryan Mbeumo deploying a short pass to Bruno Fernandes on the edge of the box, receiving the ball back straight away and curling a pinpoint shot to Areola's far corner, requiring a fingertip save.
Momentum was building for the home side and the volume from the Reds inside Old Trafford was rising, Joshua Zirkzee only adding further tension when he kneed Amad's goalwards, only for it to be cleared off the line by Wan-Bissaka. When Matheus Cunha's overhead kick was blocked in the follow-up, Fernandes acrobatically volleyed narrowly off target.
Amid the building pressure, Bowen provided a timely reminder of his threat at the other end, slicing through three players to get himself into a shooting position, but a relatively tame strike in the end was held by Lammens.
Wan-Bissaka was strong throughout the first half, denying Cunha with a perfectly-timed challenge in the box, but El Hadji Malick Diouf was having a decidedly more difficult night on the other side, up against Amad, with our no.16 beating him a number of times, and eventually baiting him into a booking with half-time approaching.
The first 45 minutes were an entertaining contest, and no player had gone closer than Zirkzee's cleared effort, but the teams headed back to the dressing rooms with the deadlock still yet to be broken.
SECOND HALF - REAL FRUSTRATION
Heaven had done well to keep away from the referee's attention for the rest of the first half, especially with a seasoned professional like Wilson lurking around him, but Amorim decided to protect against the risk of a potential dismissal and introduced Leny Yoro during the break.
United, once again, threatened from a short corner at the beginning of the half, this time the ball finding Mbeumo on the edge of the box who drove a shot towards West Ham's goal, but the effort was blocked by Soucek, and in any case the flag was raised, with Yoro judged to have blocked the goalkeeper's view from an offside position.
It mattered little, however, as minutes later, Casemiro took a shot of his own, which fell to Dalot on the edge of the six-yard box.
West Ham boss Nuno will no doubt be furious that his fellow countryman was allowed time to take a touch in such a dangerous position, but the wing-back did so coolly, before dispatching his effort beyond the grasp of Areola.
The Stretford End erupted, and Dalot wheeled away to celebrate with the roaring fans. After an almost hour-long battle of attrition, he'd found a gap and ripped the game open.
The goal meant the visitors had to come out and attack, and they duly increased the pressure on United's goal, with Yoro provided an excellent covering challenge in the 71st minute to deny Bowen – it transpired that the forward had strayed into an offside position, but the Frenchman wasn't to know.
As the game opened up, space appeared for the Reds in what had been a resolute defensive performance from the Londoners to that point. Mbeumo was one player to take the invite, almost tricking Jean-Clair Todibo into giving away a penalty following the Cameroon international's customary cut inside, but replays showed the centre-back pulled his leg away just in time, avoiding contact. Cunha still had a great chance to score but it deflected over the top.
But the Irons had been provoked into bounding forward, and that's what they did. Earning a corner as we entered the last 10 minutes, Andy Irving found Bowen who got a flick on it, and Noussair Mazraoui managed to clear it off the line, but it wasn't enough to save our advantage, as Magassa was on hand to stroke home the rebound.
Wan-Bissaka somehow survived a second booking when flattening Patrick Chinazaekpere Dorgu and both teams went for a winner.
In the dying seconds, substitute Lisandro Martinez almost found Fernandes in the box from some way out, via a botched Todibo headed clearance, but the chance was always moving away from the captain, and he couldn't keep the volley down.
The Reds had seen positive spells in the game, but, in the end, were forced to settle for a point and another missed chance to climb into the top five.
MATCH DETAILS
United: Lammens; Mazraoui, Heaven (Yoro 46), Shaw (Martinez 88); Amad, Casemiro, Fernandes (c), Dalot (Dorgu 68); Mbeumo, Cunha (Ugarte 77); Zirkzee (Mount 77).
Substitutes not used: Bayindir, Malacia, Mainoo, Lacey.
Goals: Dalot 58.
Booked: Heaven, Shaw.
West Ham: Areola; Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Todibo, Diouf; Magassa, Potts (Irving 83); Soucek (Kante 83), Bowen, Fernandes; Wilson (Kilman 87).
Substitutes not used: Hermansen, Mayers, Walker-Peters, Earthy, Kante, Rodriguez, Marshall.
Goals: Magassa 83.
Booked: Diouf, Wan-Bissaka.