Bournemouth 2 West Ham 2
Well, at least the Irons got something out of this after the Oxford debacle and for a night at least go up to third place.The Hammers took the lead with a great goal, Haller showing the skills of a real target man to cushion the ball and find Yarmolenlenko, who spun on to his left foot and find the corner of the net. With three goals in four games Yarmy is starting to look a real force.
The lead didn't last long though, with the unmarked King poking home after a ricochet and VAR allowing the goal to stand despite offside claims. Fabianski straining a though muscle and having to be replaced by Roberto was a blow, but the Hammers almost regained the lead before half time as first Ramsdale saved brilliantly from Anderson's overhead kick and then Ogbonna headed a great chance wide.
Something went wrong with the concentration early in the second half as Bournemouth took the lead after 27 seconds, through Callum Wilson, who absolutely always scores against West Ham. It could have been worse when Ake bundled home, only to be correctly ruled offside. At 2-1 Roberto then had to to make a fine one-on-one stop from Wilson.
But credit to Pellegrini's men for fighting back in a game we would have lost last season. Yarmolenko's cross was headed down by Anderson — who seems to be improving dramatically in the air and earlier almost scored with his head — and goal machine Aaron Cresswell stroked home his second in two games.
There was still time for Cresswell to survive a shirt-tugging penalty appeal, but the Hammers hung on to take a point against a side we traditionally struggle against. I'm reasonably happy with that.
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