Kurt Zouma’s header and an injury-time Stated Benrahma penalty earned West Ham a 2-0 victory over Bournemouth on the London Stadium.
It was a scrappy first half, and regardless of the Hammers having the higher probabilities within the first 40 minutes, they didn’t capitalise.
Bournemouth had alternatives to attain on the break, their finest likelihood coming within the thirty eighth minute when Tomas Soucek cheaply gave the ball away in midfield. It allowed Dominic Solanke to counter, operating the size of the pitch earlier than forcing Lukasz Fabianski right into a save.
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West Ham took the lead moments earlier than half-time when a nook fell to Soucek, who headed goalwards, and all Zouma needed to do was flick it into the again of the online.
Thilo Kehrer had dealt with the ball within the build-up to the purpose, however after a VAR test, it was deemed unintended, and the purpose stood.
West Ham continued to dominate within the second half; Benrahma constantly taking shut pictures and organising his team-mates, however the Hammers had been unable to attain a second till injury-time.
Vladimir Coufal’s cross hit the arm of Jordan Zemura and after checking the pitchside monitor the referee pointed to the penalty spot. Benrahma stepped as much as make the end result protected.
Up subsequent, West Ham play Silkeborg within the Europa Convention League, whereas Bournemouth flip their consideration to Tottenham on the weekend.
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