Particularly given draws are unlikely to get them out of this mess. Especially when three were so firmly in their hands. In those first steps without Sean Ditch, Burnley showed tremendous determination to rise from a horror injury to Ashley Westwood and lead Wat Wegorst. Tomas Soucek Celebrates West Ham Draw With His Teammate Ben Johnson Soucek hit with 16 minutes to play as the Hammers seemed to lead a delayed rally against Burnley They then turned to delirium and despair before halftime, after Maxwel Cornet won – and then conceded – a penalty that would have consolidated their advantage. And then, in the end, they needed Nick Pope to limit the damage. The Burnley goalkeeper could not do anything to prevent Thomas Suczek from bringing the level of West Ham 16 minutes before. From there, however, Pope saved superbly from Issa Diop and then twice denied Michail Antonio slowly. Now it’s 13 games without a league goal. he will not have much clearer chances than in death here, when he ran clean just to save Paup. “He has to score,” admitted coach David Moyes. For Burnley’s interim boss, Mike Jackson, who had taken it upon himself to pick up the pieces after Dietz’s departure with injured leader Ben Mi, some mixed feelings. Watt Weghorst scored in the first half to give Burnley the lead at the London Stadium The striker jumped higher to meet a cross, heading past goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.
MATCH AND TABLE DETAILS
West Ham (4-2-3-1): Fabianski 5; Johnson 5; Dawson 6, Diop 6, Cresswell 6; Rice 7, Soucek 7; Lanzini 6.5 (Fornals 79, 6), Vlasic 6 (Benrahma 65, 6.5), Bowen 6.5, Antonio 5 Unused secondary: Coufal, Yarmolenko, Areola, Noble, Fredericks, Masuaku, Kral. Target: Sucek 74 Reservation: Fabianski, Rice Burnley (4-4-2): Pope 8.5; Lowton 6 (Roberts 62, 6), Collins 7, Tarkowski 6.5, Taylor 6; McNeill 6.5 (Vydra 79, 6), Cork 6.5, Unused secondary: Barnes, Hennessey, Stephens, Lennon, Bardsley,, Long. Target: Weghorst 33. Reservation: Weghorst, Cork Referee: Paul Tierney 6.5
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‘A good point’ but ‘you can say it was one that escaped – the missed penalty stayed with us after the break.’ Moyes admits that fatigue from West Ham’s European heroism played a role. However, after the defeats by Arsenal and Tottenham, he mourned their failure to take advantage of this “great opportunity” to reduce the difference from the opponents of the first four. Jackson, who played under Moyes in Preston, insists he has not thought about this game. But here’s the big picture: Burnley are now three points behind Everton, having played one more game. They have seven fights to judge their future. This will come at an emotional price. An eerie buzz fell over London Stadium as the severity of Westwood’s injury became apparent. The challenge, just before half an hour, seemed pretty harmless – Westwood stretched to meet a loose ball and collided with Vlasic. Soon, however, players on both sides were blindfolded. Some sank to their feet, others turned away. Vlasic, in particular, was irritated. Westwood finally got on a stretcher and rode off the field. He needed oxygen, but luckily he was able to share a smile with Mee as he approached the tunnel. There were more problems around Westwood, however. First, some doctors were forced to look after a supporter on the podium. Then, a few moments after the game resumed, more danger signs – this time behind Lukasz Fabianski’s goal. This sparked another delay as doctors and paramedics stepped up to treat another admirer. A surreal, numb period that ended with a goal. Burnley’s Ashley Westwood suffered a horrific injury after challenging Nikola Vlasic for the ball. Burnley players rush to help their teammate who had to take off on a stretcher Vlasic was left upset after the incident that led to a nine-minute break Jay Rodriguez interrupted Cornet’s corner, but his head hit the crossbar from a few meters. The ball went into the air and Weghorst climbed higher to score the first goal since February. His celebrations were silent, the Dutchman gesturing towards the tunnel to which Westwood had been transported on the way to the hospital, with his right foot on a brace. Conversely, the break had come at a time when West Ham was starting to move fast. From a slow start, they got up and got closer when Jarrod Bowen made two attempts from the edge of the box. The first was blocked, the second forced the Pope to make an excellent rebound high to his left. A little later, Aaron Cresswell made an effort towards the goal. Bowen was there to meet him near the finish line. But so did James Tarkovsky, who saved his side. Maxwel Cornet collapsed from Fabianski to give Burnley a 2-0 lead But Cornet missed a huge opportunity to double the lead from the point after out And yet, by halftime, Burnley should have been ahead twice. Cornet won the penalty after a mistake by Ben Johnson, running in acres of space behind West Ham’s defense to meet a midfielder from Josh Brownhill – who had replaced Westwood at Burnley midfield. Cornet pulled the ball around Fabianski, made the challenge and then lifted himself to execute the point. In the first of nine extra minutes, Cornet’s rebound sent the goalkeeper on the wrong track. Unfortunately, his shot with his left foot went wide of the crossbar. Jackson turned back to the dugout. Cornet put his head in his hands. After his blatant misfortune against Norwich last week, how important could that prove to be? Michail Antonio’s dismissed by Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope, who helped his team hold a point Pope helps Declan Rice get on the ground after the game with a draw hurting the Hammers’ hopes of sealing European football through their place in the Premier League next season West Ham emerged as a different team again and suddenly the fragility of Burnley’s defense was revealed. Eventually, the pressure told them. Sucek got enough with the foul of Manuel Lanzini to equalize the score and, even worse, almost follow for Burnley. Said Benrahma refused a brilliant final block from Nathan Collins and then came the late Pope heroes. First he repulsed Antonio’s hard effort and then he excellently repulsed Diop’s head. And then in the end he denied Antonio when the striker ran. “Awesome rebounds,” Jackson said. “That’s why he is the goalkeeper of England.”
