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A year ago

WEST HAM 1-1 ASTON VILLA

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Said Benrahma's penalty lifted West Ham back out of the transfer zone after a 1-1 draw with Aston Villa. The Hammers fell behind to an Ollie Watkins header yet Benrahma hit back from the spot after Lucas Paqueta was fouled.


West Ham began the day in the last three after Bournemouth's shock prevail upon Liverpool. They realized a triumph would lift them fourteenth, however they couldn't find a champ with Danny Ings stalling out mentally against his old club.




Regardless, an attract moved them up to seventeenth in front of Bournemouth on objective contrast and extended West Ham's unbeaten streak against Villa to 10 matches, returning to 2015. The Hammers are the main group in the first class yet to score in the initial 15 minutes of a coordinate this season and that pattern went on with Nayef Aguerd directing a Declan Rice free-kick wide and Benrahma volleying Jarrod Bowen's get beyond preposterous.


All things considered, contrary to the rules, Villa started to lead the pack in the seventeenth moment with their most memorable endeavor on objective, Watkins heading in Alex Moreno's cross. The objective made Watkins the principal Villa player to score in four sequential away Chief Association matches since Dwight Yorke in 1998.




Yet, West Ham hit, thinking back to the 26th moment after Paqueta's shot was taken off the line by Watkins. The Brazil midfielder went to recover the free ball and was cumbersomely brought somewhere near Leon Bailey, with Benrahma unhesitatingly changing over the penalty high into the net of World Cup-champ Emiliano Martinez.


Villa ought to have gone in at half-time ahead after one more entering run by Moreno, whose pass tracked down Jacob Ramsey in the container. Ramsey squared the ball to Watkins, four yards out yet West Ham goalkeeper Alphonse Areola spread himself and some way or another kept the shot out.




Only 20 seconds after the restart Paqueta's cross found Benrahma at the far post yet his volley was directly at Martinez. Benrahma was in the mind-set for additional objectives and he skirted past Matty Money and Ezri Konsa on the edge of the area prior to hitting a furious drive which Martinez spilled.


Rice endure a VAR check for a foul nearby on Emiliano Buendia which incited an episode of pushing and pushing, with West Ham's disappointment at Villa's ceaseless timewasting starting to show. The two groups might have won it late on with Benrahma's volley at the far post diverted wide by Villa sub Ashley Youthful and Jhon Duran's short proximity shot grasped by Areola.


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