West Ham United drew 1-1 with Manchester United in a dramatic Premier League game on Tuesday night.
Tomas Soucek looked to have scored the only goal of the game as West Ham United aimed to stop Michael Carrick’s winning streak.
A DEVASTATING finale! 😩
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Benjamin Sesko, however, sealed a late point for the Red Devils with a goal deep into stoppage time.
Until then, It was a fine defensive performance from Nuno Espirito Santo’s side, who are two points behind Nottingham Forest in the Premier League table.
Here are five things that Hammers News learned.
Late heartbreak for West Ham United again
It’s difficult to be too critical of the West Ham performance. They were brilliant throughout and it took a stunning late goal from an £80million striker to stop them from claiming all three points.
Fans will be leaving disappointed, however. Clearly, it’s not as bad as what happened against Chelsea, but there’s a similar feeling of despair.
Absolutely gutting.
West Ham move closer to Tottenham in the Premier League table
If there’s one positive, it’s that bitter rivals Tottenham are in a relegation battle with West Ham.
Indeed, they now sit only four points behind a Spurs side in absolute crisis.
While the story is the fact that West Ham are putting pressure on Nottingham Forest, the idea of catching Spurs will be much sweeter to Hammers fans for obvious reasons.
Based on current form, it’d be foolish to suggest that Spurs are more likely to stay up than West Ham…
Soucek the scorer but did anyone outshine him for West Ham?
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Tomas Soucek breaks Premier League record
Soucek’s goal was brilliant.
An excellent ball from Malick Diouf freed Jarrod Bowen and he found the Czech after a fine run into the box.
Soucek prodded the ball home and, in doing so, he became the highest scoring Czech player in Premier League history (39).
That saw him overtake Patrik Berger (38) at long last.
Taty Castellanos gives West Ham a different dimension
There are questions as to whether or not Taty Castellanos is quite at the level to score goals regularly in the Premier League.
That’s not to criticise the player, just that – his fine header against Burnley side – it hasn’t been particularly evident in his first few games for the club.
Still, what is clear is that his energy is boundless. He chased and harried the visitors all night and that just wouldn’t have been possible with either Callum Wilson or Niclas Fullkrug.
Michail Antonio love continues
Michail Antonio, of course, is no longer a West Ham United player but remains a very popular figure among the squad.
The forward was part of the TNT Sports team at the London Stadium on Tuesday night and was seen speaking to some of the players.
A heartwarming clip from TNT Sports showed the players coming out for their warm-ups before the game, with each and every one of them embracing Antonio while he was being interviewed.
Lovely.
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