Marcus Rashford's effort and De Gea's heroic performance was enough to steal all 3 points against West Ham at Old Trafford.
The game didn't start off as energetic as expected, but both sides still pushed on to grab the first goal.
United came close off twice through Ronaldo's long range strike and Rashford's header, but Fabianski did well to deny both players.
Said Benrahma was the constant threat at the left flank, causing alot of problems for the Red Devils.
Manchester United finally got the opener in the 38th minute, with Eriksen sending in a good cross for Rashford to head in his 7th goal of the campaign and his 100th for the club.
The Englishman became the 22nd United player to reach the 100 goal landmark and the first since Wayne Rooney in 2009.
Early in the second half, West Ham had to deal with an injury blow, as Fabianski was subbed off after suffering a slight knock on the head.
The Hammers had the first chance, but Lisandro Martinez did well to block the attempts of Benrahma and Scamacca.
Both sides kept pressing forward, United looking for the second to kill off the game, West Ham searching for an equaliser.
It wasn't just Ronaldo's day, as he had multiple attempts go off target.
Benrahma had his swerve shot saved by David De Gea in the 69th minute, the Spainard doing well to deny the Algerian.
The shotstopper was called upon once again to deny Antonio and Kurt Zouma deep in the game.
Fred almost grabbed the second goal for United in the 86th minute, but header came off the post and out of play.
In the 3rd minute of stoppage time, Jarod Bowen had his first time effort blocked well by Maguire before Dalot cleared his lines.
The Hammers had one more chance to steal a point at the last minute, but Declan Rice's curling shot was saved by De Gea.
The Red Devils held on to claim their unbeaten run in the league to 5 matches, moving up to 5th place on the table, 2 points ahead of Chelsea.
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