West Ham underlined their Premier League He extended his impressive run on the road as he top-four credentials with a 4-1 win against 10-man Aston Villa on Sunday. Ben Johnson scored early for the visitors only to see Ollie Watkins level, but Hammer took the lead before half-time through Declan Rice. Villa’s task was made more difficult at the start of the second half when defender Ezri Konsa was dismissed for denying him the opportunity to score. Late goals from Pablo Fornals and Jarrod Bowen sealed three points for David Moyes and condemned Villa to a fourth consecutive Premier League defeat.
With this win West Ham have 20 points after 10 games – Points level with third-placed Manchester City.
“It’s been a good week,” Moyes told Sky Sports after his team’s fifth consecutive win in all competitions. “But you know what happens in football. It can spin around and bite you.
“We have another game on Thursday. I don’t want West Ham to become that flaky inconsistent team that a lot of people miss.”
West Ham spilled first blood in the seventh minute when Rice fired a pass out from the right for Johnson, who cut his left foot from the inside and slammed a low shot into the far corner of the net.
Watkins leveled things in the 34th minute, driving Emiliano Bendia’s low cross from close range to home.
But Villa’s joy was short-lived as Rice restored the visitors’ lead with a long-range shot, which made its way to the back of the net just four minutes later through a touch from the post.
Red card
Villa were reduced to 10 men in the 50th minute when a VAR review ruled that Konsa had denied Bowen a clear opportunity to score at the edge of the penalty area. The defender initially received a yellow card only for a foul.
Despite a man down, the home side came close to an equalizer when Lukasz Fabianski took his fingers to a thumping Watkins header to push the ball against the bar.
West Ham extended their lead when goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was only able to push Bowen’s shot into his path and Bowen himself added a fourth.
Earlier, Leeds beat Norwich 2–1 to register their second league win of the season and were out of the relegation zone.
The sides were locked 0–0 at Carrow Road at half-time, but the game dramatically exploded to life in the span of four minutes after the break.
Leeds forward Rafinha broke the deadlock in the 56th minute, only to have Andrew Omobamidal equalize from a corner two minutes later.
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But home excitement turned to despair in the 60th minute when Rodrigo’s lower left footed effort found its way under goalkeeper Tim Krul.
The win moved Leeds to 17th place in the table, three points clear of the bottom three but Norwich remained unbeaten and eight points from safety.
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