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Southampton 1-2 West Ham

Premier League    2018-19Match review
St Marys Stadium   31,654
  SubsGoals  
1Lukasz Fabianski    
30Michail Antonio    
23Issa Diop    
21Angelo Ogbonna    
3Aaron Cresswell    
14Pedro Obiang    
41Declan Rice    
45Grady Diangana    
11Robert Snodgrass    
8Felipe Anderson 2  
27Lucas Perez    
9Andy CarrollSubed #45   
16Mark NobleSubed #27   
26Arthur MasuakuSubed #11   
 PosTable as at 27 Dec 2018PlWHDHLHFHAHWADALAFAAAPts
1Liverpool1981022282021551
2Tottenham Hotspur19602176902251245
3Manchester City1990135952216644
4Chelsea1963119861218840
5Arsenal19721209432211638
6Manchester United195311712424201932
7Leicester City19423129424121328
8Everton195321815234131427
9West Ham United194151416423131227
10Watford195051517333111027
11Wolverhampton Wanderers1942412133338926
12AFC Bournemouth195231614306111926
13Brighton and Hove Albion19432141121771622
14Crystal Palace1923458316121719
15Newcastle United1921771524371117
16Southampton191531014217102115
17Cardiff City19415132002751815
18Burnley19216102012772112
19Fulham19234111902862411
20Huddersfield Town1912741412682010
match review copied from www.theguardian.com

Felipe Anderson’s double for West Ham leaves Southampton deep in trouble
Stuart James at St Mary's Stadium
Date Published Thu 27 Dec 2018 21.51 GMT

Southampton’s revival under Ralph Hasenhüttl was brought to an abrupt halt on a night when Felipe Anderson delivered the sort of performance that suggests West Ham United have a new hero in their ranks. The Brazilian was outstanding as he scored twice in six minutes to turn this game on its head and extinguish any hopes Southampton had of putting some distance between themselves and the relegation zone.

Nathan Redmond’s early second-half goal – bundled over the line with his arm – put Southampton ahead but that lead lasted for 168 seconds. Felipe Anderson scored only once in his opening 10 Premier League games after joining from Lazio in a club-record £36m deal but the 25-year-old has been making up for lost time since. He hauled West Ham level here with a terrific shot from just outside the area and then made it seven goals in his last nine matches by finishing off a superb counterattack with a beautifully placed winner.

That double blow left Southampton in a state of shock from which they never really recovered. Hasenhüttl, who had won two of his previous three games in charge, admitted his players looked tired in the closing half an hour and also expressed his frustration with the way that “old behaviours were seen today”. Southampton have lost more points from a winning position this season than any other Premier League club, which is why the manner of this defeat felt all too familiar.

West Ham, on paper, were welcome opponents. Manuel Pellegrini has a major injury crisis on his hands – he is without 10 senior players and was able to name only six substitutes here – yet the visitors looked the more accomplished side throughout. Declan Rice was particularly impressive in the centre of midfield in the first half, when Southampton faded after Danny Ings stabbed an early chance into the side-netting, while Felipe Anderson became more and more influential for West Ham and was unlucky not to finish the game with a hat-trick.

Southampton, however, were entitled to question whether his second goal should have come about. Television replays showed Rice wrestling with Jan Bednarek in the West Ham area in the lead-up to the breakaway that ended with Michail Antonio releasing Felipe Anderson clear on goal. “I haven’t seen it. But I heard it,” Hasenhúttl said, when asked about the penalty claim. “Maybe with VAR it can be a penalty for us. It could make a big difference for us in that moment. But we try to look at ourselves first and find the mistakes we made.”

The Southampton manager was particularly disappointed in that respect. “We didn’t have our best evening; too many players didn’t perform like they did maybe last week or the week before,” he said. “And you see what I tell my players, that it’s the Premier League and, if you make easy mistakes like we did on the second goal, then you don’t deserve to win. The first goal we could also defend better. It was too easy how we gave our 1-0 lead away.”

Pellegrini, in contrast, could reflect on a hugely satisfying night, especially given that long list of absentees. West Ham have now won five out of their last six league games and they are up to ninth in the table, with 27 points on the board – not bad for a team that have been playing catch-up after losing their first four fixtures.

Felipe Anderson is clearly their star attraction, although Pellegrini was guarded in his praise. “I think he will continue improving,” West Ham’s manager said. “He still loses too many balls, maybe because he must understand the Premier League is difficult if you keep the ball in your feet. But in every game he makes important plays and that’s the most great thing that he has.”

The match had been a slowburner and precious little happened before the break, apart from Lucas Pérez squandering a golden chance for West Ham. It came to life after the interval, however, when Redmond scored within five minutes of the restart. Lukasz Fabianski initially denied the Southampton winger, who was played onside by Grady Diangana, and the West Ham goalkeeper also thwarted Oriol Romeu. Redmond refused to give up, though, and controversially nudged the ball over the line.

Felipe Anderson then equalised with a 22-yard shot that flashed inside Alex McCarthy’s near post. If McCarthy’s positioning was questionable on that occasion, there was nothing Southampton’s goalkeeper could do to prevent West Ham’s second. Antonio tore upfield and picked out Felipe Anderson, who took a couple of touches to steady himself before steering a rising shot into the far corner. Although Fabianski had earlier denied Stuart Armstrong and later kept out Mario Lemina’s effort, Pérez and Felipe Anderson both had chances to add a third for West Ham.

Daily Mail: MATCH FACTS, LIVE TABLE AND MATCHZONE
Southampton: McCarthy, Bednarek, Yoshida (Austin), Vestergaard, Valery, Lemina (Elyounoussi), Romeu, Targett, Redmond, Armstrong, Ings (Long)
Unused subs: Stephens, Ward-Prowse, Gunn, Ramsay
Bookings: Targett, Bednarek
Goals: Redmond (50)
West Ham: Fabianski, Antonio, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Obiang, Rice, Diangana (Carroll), Snodgrass (Masuaku), Felipe Anderson, Pérez (Noble)
Unused subs: Carroll, Adrián, Costa Silva, Coventry
Bookings:
Goals: Anderson (53, 59)
Referee: Craig Pawson
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