West Ham footballers drew 1:1 in the derby with Chelsea in the 23rd round of the English league. The equalizing goal of the “Hammers” was scored by Vladimír Coufal’s cross.
Chelsea took the lead after a quarter of an hour. Fernández crossed into the box, Félix, who returned to the lineup after being sent off on his debut for the “Blues” and serving a three-game suspension, ran onto the ball and beat Fabiański from close range.
West Ham responded in the 28th minute. Coufala’s cross was extended by Bowen to the back post where Emerson tapped the ball behind Kep’s back.
Goal action by Vladimír Coufal:
At the end of the match, Tomáš Souček made a successful stop, but the goal was disallowed due to Rice’s offside.
Tomáš Souček’s unrecognized goal:
From the subsequent action after Souček’s handball in the penalty area, the visitors could have taken a penalty kick, but this time the video referee did not intervene. Chelsea have won just once in their last seven league games. After the third draw in a row, he is in ninth place in the incomplete table, West Ham is fifteenth.
Tomáš Souček’s missed penalty:
Arsenal lost again after defeat at Everton. In the London derby with Brentford, the “Gunners” took the lead in the 66th minute, when Saka found substitute Trossard with an accurate cross to the back post, who opened the scoring after four minutes on the pitch. The Belgian midfielder scored for the first time after arriving from Brighton.
Almost ten minutes later, Norgaard found his way best in a jam in the home team’s goal, moved the ball to Toney, and the visitors’ top scorer gave Brentford a point with his fourteenth goal of the season. Arsenal are six points ahead of Manchester City in first place, Brentford are eighth.
After the win over Manchester City, Tottenham got off to a good start in Leicester as well, after a quarter of an hour the London team took the lead after a corner kick courtesy of Bentancur. However, the home team managed to turn the game around with two close goals. First, in the 23rd minute, he also scored after a corner kick by Mendy, two minutes later he scored the third goal after a corner kick, which Maddison gave a hard blow.
In the fourth minute of the first half, “Fox” Iheanacho increased the lead with a technical shot, and in the second half, Barnes increased it to 4:1 from a similar situation. The home team moved up to 13th place with the win, Tottenham is fifth.
Last Southampton lost at home to Wolverhampton, despite playing against ten from the 27th minute. After Alcarez’s goal, the visitors turned the game around in the second half. First, Bednarek scored an own goal, three minutes before the end of regular time, substitute debutant Joao Gomes scored the winning goal.
After progressing to the round of 16 of the English Cup, Fulham also succeeded in the league, beating Nottingham Forest 2:0 at home. Willian opened the scoring in the 17th minute with a beautiful shot into the top corner of the goal, in the second half he confirmed the win with his first goal for Fulham, replacing Solomon.
English Football League – Round 23:
West Ham United – Chelsea 1:1 (28. Emerson – 16. Félix), Arsenal – Brentford 1:1 (66. Trossard – 74. Toney), Crystal Palace – Brighton 1:1 (70. Tomkins – 63. March), Fulham – Nottingham 2:0 (17. Willian, 88. Solomon), Leicester – Tottenham 4:1 (23. Mendy, 25. Maddison, 45.+4 Iheanacho, 81. Barnes – 14. Bentancur), Southampton – Wolverhampton 1:2 (24. Alcaraz – 73. own Bednarek, 87. Joao Gomes),
18:30 Bournemouth – Newcastle.
Table:
1. | Arsenal | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 46:18 | 51 |
2. | Manchester City | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 53:21 | 45 |
3. | Manchester United | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 36:28 | 43 |
4. | Newcastle | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 34:12 | 40 |
5. | Tottenham | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 42:35 | 39 |
6. | Brighton | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39:28 | 35 |
7. | Fulham | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 34:30 | 35 |
8. | Brentford | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 36:29 | 34 |
9. | Chelsea | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23:22 | 31 |
10. | Liverpool | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 34:28 | 29 |
11. | Aston Villa | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 25:31 | 28 |
12. | Crystal Palace | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20:30 | 25 |
13. | Leicester | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 36:38 | 24 |
14. | Nottingham | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 17:37 | 24 |
15. | Wolverhampton | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17:31 | 23 |
16. | West Ham United | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19:27 | 20 |
17. | Leeds | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 28:36 | 19 |
18. | Everton | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16:28 | 18 |
19. | Bournemouth | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19:43 | 17 |
20. | Southampton | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18:40 | 15 |