West Ham salvage a draw to deny Burnley a much needed win
- Published By Jedida Barasa For The Statesman Digital
- 6 months ago
West Ham substitute Danny Ings stopped his former club Burnley earning a rare win as the home side fought back from 2-0 down in a pulsating Premier League game.
Ings, who had an effort ruled out by VAR moments before the equaliser, almost nicked a winner but saw his shot cannon off the crossbar even deeper into injury-time.
Burnley still moved off the bottom of the Premier League with the draw, but were left to rue dropping more points from a winning position.
The Clarets were on course to earn just their fourth win of the top-flight season - and first victory in 10 attempts - through David Datro Fofana and Konstantinos Mavropanos's own goal before half-time.
West Ham were lifeless in a poor first half where they did not manage a shot on target.
However, the Hammers reappeared after the break looking like a different side and pulled a goal back within 30 seconds of the restart.
Midfielder Lucas Paqueta showed the desire which had been previously missing to press Burnley high, winning back possession to go clean through and calmly stroke past Clarets keeper James Trafford.
David Moyes' side continued to press for a leveller and Burnley looked set to hang on for victory until Ings' dramatic late intervention.
The draw moves Vincent Kompany's team back above Sheffield United into 19th place on goal difference, with both teams remaining 10 points adrift of safety with 10 games remaining.
West Ham, who were aiming for a third straight league win, stay in seventh place.
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