Jose Mourinho is sent to the stands as West Ham United hold Manchester United to 1-1 draw at Old Trafford

Diafra Sakho gave the Hammers the lead inside two minutes before Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s ninth Man United goal levelled the scores.

Jose Mourinho was sent to the stands halfway through the first half after reacting angrily to a Paul Pogba yellow card, continuing his awful disciplinary record this season.

The result sees West Ham bounce back from the devastating 3-2 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur last weekend and takes them up to 16th in the table.

Slaven Bilic’s men will return to Old Trafford for their EFL Cup clash on Wednesday night before entertaining Arsenal in the league on Saturday.

The Hammers took just 90 seconds to take the lead as Jesse Lingard’s clumsy challenge allowed Dimitri Payet to whip a free-kick invitingly across goal from wide on the right.

With Payet’s quality over dead-balls well documented, it was a rash decision from Lingard to give him the chance to test the United defence so early.

The pace of the delivery meant Sakho needed only to make contact to head past David De Gea from six yards and give the visitors an ideal start.

While they began to control possession and press West Ham, the host’s reaction to going behind lacked any forward impetus as they toiled to find penetration.

West Ham’s failure to close down Pogba changed matters in the 21st minute, however, as the world’s most expensive footballer was given time on the ball some 30 yards from goal.

His delicate chipped ball picked out Ibrahimovic, who had ghosted off the back of James Collins, and the Swede calmly headed low to Darren Randolph’s right to level.

The goal appeared to settle Mourinho’s men but the Portuguese’s petulance once again saw attention turn away from matters on the pitch and towards his technical area.

The former Chelsea boss, who has been involved in two previous disciplinary issues already this season, was sent to the stands after reacting furiously to a booking for Pogba.

United’s number six had been cautioned for a clear dive and Mourinho responded by booting a water bottle and referee, Jon Moss, opted to dismiss him.

The pair have a history, with Moss also sending Mourinho to the stands at Upton Park last season during his ill-tempered time in charge of Chelsea.

Their manager’s departure did little to stifle United’s growing head of steam and Marcus Rashford had a glorious chance to give them the lead.

The teenager was without a goal in nine games coming into the match and finished unconvincingly as his one-on-one chance was well saved by Randolph after racing onto Phil Jones’ clearing header.

Efforts from Ibrahimovic and Lingard tested the West Ham defence further but Angelo Ogbonna and Randolph stood firm to maintain parity at the break.

Firstly, a sweeping counter from the home side culminated in Ibrahimovic firing at goal from 15 yards, only to see his goal bound strike superbly blocked by Ogbonna.

Randolph then sprung to his left to turn Lingard’s shot wide late in stoppage time after the England international had burst free down the middle.

Having come through the late first half pressure, West Ham started the second period brightly and twice went close to restoring their lead.

Again Payet’s set-pieces were at the heart of the positivity as his corner was flicked just over the bar by Sakho.

The France international then looked the catch De Gea out with 55 minutes played as his disguised free kick from wide on the right almost snuck under the Spaniard’s cross bar.

Man United, meanwhile, offered little going forward in the second half and failed to match the intensity which served them well earlier in the game.

Inevitably for a side who find themselves firmly embroiled in the relegation conversation, the Hammers began to sit back with 15 minutes to play.

Still though the Red Devils produced little going forward and Lingard’s volley from the edge of the box, which was easily saved by Randolph, was the clearest chance they created heading into the closing stages.

Lingard had the ball in the net with 13 minutes remaining as he tapped in from close range after Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s effort came back off the post.

The chance sparked Mourinho’s side back into life and Randolph had to be sharp to first save Pogba’s effort from distance and then block Ibrahimovic’s close range volley.

Collins almost gifted Ibrahimovic the winner with eight minutes to play as his weak header allowed him to knock the ball beyond a stranded Randolph.

Cheikhou Kouyate did superbly to read the situation though and got round to clear as the ball ran into the penalty area.

West Ham almost won it with four minutes to play after a superb, marauding run down the right took Michail Antonio into the box.

His pull back found Ashley Fletcher but his low shot was well saved by De Gea as he stood firm to deny the former the Man United academy product.

As it was, West Ham had to settle for a draw which, given their current Premier League standing, they would surely have taken at the start of the 90 minutes.

Manchester United: De Gea, Valencia, Jones, Rojo, Darmian, Pogba, Herrera, Lingard (Fellaini 84), Mata (C) (Mkhitaryan 67), Rashford (Rooney 65), Ibrahimovic

Subs not used:  Romero, Blind, Schweinsteiger, Young

West Ham United:  Randolph, Cresswell, Kouyate, Lanzini (Ayew 74), Obiang, Sakho (Fletcher 66), Noble, Collins, Ogbonna, Payet (Feghouli 90+3), Antonio. 

Subs not used: Adrian, Nordtveit, Zaza, Fernandes.

Bookings: Pogba (27 simulation), Fellaini (foul on Noble 88), Cresswell (foul on Mkhitaryan 90), Valencia (90)

Referee: Jon Moss

Attendance: 75,313