West Ham co-chairman David Sullivan blamed Manchester United for the delay to kick-off at the last game to be played at Upton Park - despite home fans attacking the visitors' team coach on arrival.

Kick-off for the Barclays Premier League meeting, the last at Upton Park before the Hammers move to the Olympic Stadium in the summer, was delayed until 8:30pm after United's players did not reach the ground until 7:10pm.

The coach had to battle through throngs of West Ham fans gathering outside the stadium as they prepared to say goodbye.

As the driver manoeuvred his way through the car park gates, the coach was pelted with glass bottles and other missiles - breaking and damaging the tinted windows, with one police officer and a member of the public suffering minor injuries.

Sullivan was drafted in to speak to several media outlets after the delay was announced and was not happy with what he deemed to be a late arrival from the United contingent - with West Ham's pre-planned 45-minute post-match celebration put at risk.

"It is depressing really," he told BBC Radio Five Live.

"It will be a late night for our fans and some of them won't be able to stay. I don't understand why United couldn't get here at 4pm. They could have got here early. They knew it would be busy. It's crazy.

"There was congestion in the street and they couldn't get the coach in. There were people around the coach, but there was no attack on the coach.

"If you check the coach there won't be any damage to it. If we arrived late at Old Trafford they wouldn't put the kick-off back."

The Metropolitan Police confirmed that one officer and a member of the public sustained minor injuries in the trouble.

A statement from the force said: "We are aware that a number of items were thrown towards Manchester United's coach this evening, Tuesday, 10 May.

"One police officer and a member of the public sustained minor injuries.

"There have been no arrests. An appropriate policing plan is in place."

United captain Wayne Rooney spoke of the situation after decamping from the coach and entering Upton Park for the last time.

"It wasn't nice," he said.

"The coach got smashed up, but we're here now, so have to prepare for the game and go out and do our job."

"I'm sure you'll see the images. That's not for me to say, but I think it was disappointing of course.

"We know it's a big game for West Ham, big night for them, leaving the stadium, but I'm sure West Ham as a club will be disappointed with what the fans have done."

A video posted online appearing to be footage from inside the team bus showed a number of players filming the scene outside the window and others lying in the aisle as objects are thrown at the coach.

A number of players including Jesse Lingard, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, England internationals Michael Carrick and Phil Jones and Belgium international Adnan Januzaj are visible.

The players are heard shouting, with one person exclaiming ''mummy, mummy'' in an apparently mocking tone while Lingard turns the phone towards himself and puts his hand in front of his mouth, appearing to feign shock.