West Ham United defeated Leeds United 2-1 in their Premier League clash at Elland Road on Friday. The credits of this victory goes to Two headed goals. These two goals from set pieces by midfielder Tomas Soucek and defender Angelo Ogbonna helped the team win. After this victory, Hammers reached fifth spot in the standings with 20 points after 12 games. Leeds remain in 14th place on 14 points.
West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski conceded a penalty in the second minute when he brought down Patrick Bamford and seemed to have redeemed himself by saving Mateusz Klich’s kick. However, after a review a retake was ordered due to Fabianski leaving his line, and Klich scored at the second attempt. West Ham’s French striker Sebastien Haller had two early chances blocked before Soucek put West Ham level in the 25th minute. Two substitutions at the break briefly gave Leeds a new lease of life but the visitors soon took over again, and they eventually went ahead thanks to Ogbonna’s far-post header from an Aaron Cresswell free kick ten minutes from time.
West Ham left back Cresswell told Sky Sports “You look at our set pieces and it’s a massive part of our game, it’s worked again tonightafter his side joined Chelsea as the league’s most potent team from dead balls with eight goals each. He further added, "We didn’t lose our heads and Angelo Ogbonna stepped up. We have got to keep looking forward but not get too far ahead of ourselves."
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