West Ham climbed to the top position of the Premier League thanks to their resounding 4-1 victory against Leicester (12th) who were left with ten players in the 40th minute, this Monday in the last match of the second day.
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The Spanish Pablo Fornals opened the can for the ‘Hammers’, in which it was the only goal of the first half. A few minutes before the break, Ayoze Pérez saw a direct red card for an ugly tackle on his compatriot Fornals, precisely.
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In the second half, Said Benrahma (56) and Michail Antonio twice (80 and 84) scored the home team’s goals and Youri Tielemans (69) made the honor for the ‘Foxes’.
With these two goals, Antonio became the top scorer in West Ham’s history in the Premier League, with 49 goals, two more than the Italian Paolo di Canio, with whom he was tied until this Monday.
West Ham climbed to the top of the table although tied at six points with Chelsea, Liverpool, Brighton and Tottenham. The 8 goals in favor that he has in his locker are those that promote his leadership.
On his side, Leicester remains 12th with three points.
On Saturday the reigning champions, Manchester City (9th), got their first win of the season by beating Norwich 5-0.
On Sunday, their neighbor United (6th) crashed 1-1 at Southampton (13th), while Chelsea defeated Arsenal (19th) 2-0 in one of the London derbies.
Results of the matches of the 2 date of the English Premier League, and classification table:
Saturday:
Liverpool – Burnley 2 – 0
Crystal Palace – Brentford 0 – 0
Manchester City – Norwich City 5 – 0
Aston Villa – Newcastle 2 – 0
Leeds – Everton 2 – 2
Brighton – Watford 2 – 0
– Sunday:
Southampton – Manchester United 1 – 1
Wolverhampton – Tottenham 0 – 1
Arsenal – Chelsea 0 – 2
SOURCE: AFP
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