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Jan Bednarek headed Southampton to their first win in seven league games after defeating West Ham 3-2 at the London Stadium.
Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side took the lead inside 10 minutes when Mohamed Elyounoussi fired into the bottom-right corner from outside the area.
The Saints held their advantage going into the interval, which prompted Hammers manager David Moyes into making two changes at the break.
And the Scotsman’s tinkering paid off, after substitute Michail Antonio scored just four minutes into the second half with a header.
But Southampton were given a reprieve after VAR awarded Hasenhuttl’s side a penalty on the hour mark following Craig Dawson’s trip on Armando Broja. James Ward-Prowse coolly slotted home for his fourth goal of the campaign.
However, the Saints were ahead for just four minutes as Said Benrahma got on the end of a Jarrod Bowen pull-back and scored from close range.
But Southampton took the lead for the third time of the game when Jan Bednarek met Ward-Prowse’s free-kick and headed past Lukasz Fabianski.
More to follow.
Did you know?
Moyes’ side suffered their first home defeat against an opponent starting the day in the bottom half of the table since December 2019.
Southampton picked up their first Premier League win over West Ham since August 2017.
The Saints scored more goals today than they had in their previous eight Premier League games combined.
Since winning four consecutive league games between late October and early November, West Ham have only managed to win one of their last seven.
Ward-Prowse became just the fourth player in Premier League history to have scored 10+ penalties and 10+ direct free kick goals.
Since Moyes’ first league game back in charge of West Ham in January 2020, no club has scored more goals from corner situations than the Hammers in the Premier League (23).
Valentino Livramento became the first teenager to start each of his club’s first 18 Premier League matches in a season since Micah Richards did so in 2006-07 for Manchester City.
