West Ham recovered from an early Kalvin Phillips error to secure a 1-1 draw against Bournemouth at the London Stadium.
Phillips, making his debut after completing a loan move to the London Stadium from Manchester City, picked out Dominic Solanke with an attempted back pass in the third minute after being put under pressure from Ryan Christie. Solanke made no mistake to give Bournemouth the lead, punishing Phillips’ error.
The goal stunned West Ham with Bournemouth much the better side in the first half, but they failed to extend their advantage with Hammers goalkeeper Alphonse Areola producing a superb one-handed stop to deny Antoine Semenyo just before the break.
It proved to be a costly miss as West Ham, despite their lacklustre performance, got back into the game in the 61st minute. VAR intervened after Lloyd Kelly had brought down Mohammed Kudus in the penalty area. Referee Tim Robinson didn’t initially give the spot kick but reversed his decision after being sent to the screen before James Ward-Prowse levelled the scores.
Phillips was replaced after 68 minutes by striker Danny Ings but West Ham failed to kick on after the equaliser as the game fizzled out somewhat, with both sides settling for a point. The Hammers stay sixth, while Bournemouth move up to 12th.
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What’s next?
Up next for West Ham is a trip to Old Trafford to face Manchester United on Super Sunday, live on Sky Sports; kick-off 2pm.
Meanwhile, Bournemouth are also in action on Sunday when they host Nottingham Forest; kick-off 2pm.
Source : Sky Sports
