- West Ham hosts have still not won a Premier League match since the end of February
- A point means that Southampton will avoid the lowest count of a single campaign
- Listen now: everything is launched! Should Marcus Rashford leave Man United to direct the attack by Aston Villa?
Ring the church bells in St Mary’s, ring the horns of the ship in the quays. Lesley Ugochukwu’s equalizer for West Ham assured that Southampton would not be the worst side of the history of the Premier League.
The Ugochukwu strike in additional time at the London stadium earned the point which took them into account with the lowest record derby derby from 2007 to 2008 – and they now have five other games to exceed it.
Southampton had rejected a multitude of chances and seemed to be ready to fall to another defeat when the defender of the Hammers of Kyle Walker-Peters diverted the defender of the Hammers Max Kilman and dropped in front of the booming Chelsea midfielder who broke his efforts after Alphonse Areola and sent the itinerant fans in the ravages.
His effort canceled Jarrod Bowen’s first match at the start of the second half, but, for once, even the captain of Ham West could not spare the blushers of his team and ensure a first victory since February.
The Graham Potter team has done so difficult work to put away the Southampton team which has now spent 170 days at the foot of the table and a victory here would have flattered them.
They had started alive, however, when Niclas Fullkrug made his first departure since his return from injury and showed an early overview of the focal point which he can offer to this West Ham attack.
The loan of Chelsea Lesley Ugochukwu seized a point for the Simon Rusk team in overtime
Ugochukwu has marked death to give the saints a point which means that they will not serve as the only worst team in the history of the Premier League
Jarrod Bowen opened the scoring right after the break but the Hammers could not hold
He took ahead of the defender of the Saints Jan Bednarek at the nearby post to meet the Lucas Paqueta balloon just three minutes from the game and direct him towards the lower corner, denied only by a smart backup of Aaron Ramsdale.
West Ham, however, continues to play like a side that knows that it is very safe while Saints moved it with freedom on one side that accepted its fate and that twice should have taken the lead.
Kyle Walker-Peters broke out a great chance right next to the distant post after a Southampton movement which flows to the left to the left is widely open to the right before Kamaldeen Sulemana shakes the crossbar with an attempt at her own after the drop in Jack Stephens shooting.
Despite this, there was so little quality exposed that even the advertiser of the stadium looked tired when he had to inform everyone that there was still a minute of stopping time to play.
Few fans stayed at their seats when the whistle blew, with most long time going to the hall for an early pint, and those who had stayed with large hoots.
You could only hope that they came back in time for restarting because he took Bowen just two minutes to pull the ham from the west to the front after a dazzling counterattack from a corner of Southampton.
West Ham Emerson’s right back advanced it and found Mohammed Kudus. Fullkrug recovered its pass after having dropped deeply and the Fed Bowen, loading forward in the right channel before forming its firing corner.
It is a carbon copy of the move that Walker-Peters drew widely but, this time, Bowen had the quality to make him count for his 10th goal of the season and his 70th in his club career.
Bowen’s goal just after half-time has crowned a striker to Countner Hosts
Niclas Fullkrug provided a decisive pass during his first departure since his return from his implementation of injury
Tyler Dibling gained a nice late chance above the bar at the back post with visitors looking for the very important equalizer
Ugochukwu when everything seemed lost for Southampton to tear a point on the road late
Graham Potter’s team has not won since the end of February and was hooked at the final whistle
West Ham pushed a second. Kudus twisted in the box to try to shoot, Paqueta saw his shot blocked by the hero Ugochukwu.
Fullkrug thought he added a second just after the hour he wrapped the ball above the line of a corner, but referee Andrew Kitchen, taking charge of his first Premier League match, excluded it for a fault on Ramsdale.
Southampton, despite all their difficulties this season, continued and was needed a safeguard of Areola to pay Stephens drawn from the edge of the area. Walker-Peters failed a cross in front of the goal, but no one else in a yellow shirt was there to return it. The replacement Tyler Dibling pulled a nice late chance above the bar at the rear post.
And then, when everything seemed lost again, the ball fell on Ugochukwu.
