Beats Sheffield 3 Goals Without Return, West Ham Rushed To Position Four

Issa Diop (fourth from right) heads a corner which then results in a goal (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - West Ham United rushed their way to fourth in the standings after hitting their guest Sheffield United 3-0 in the English League match played at London Stadium, Tuesday morning Western Indonesia Time.

The Hammers are now on 42 points, two ahead of fifth-placed Liverpool and four points adrift of third-placed Leicester City. Meanwhile, Sheffield slumped further at the bottom of the standings with 11 points, Antara noted on the official Premier League website.

Declan Rice grabbed the opening goal of the game with a penalty in the 41st minute. Both West Ham's next goals came in the second half. Issa Diop doubled his team's lead thanks to a goal in the 58th minute, and substitute Ryan Fredericks 'goal in the 96th minute completed the victory of David Moyes' team.

West Ham got an early penalty when Enda Stevens brought down Craig Dawson in the box. However, after conducting a VAR review, referee Simon Hooper decided not to award a penalty because Dawson had already been in an off-side position.

After that, the goal of the two teams took turns receiving threats. Lingard fired a shot that Sheffield goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale was able to tuck away, while Lukasz Fabianski was able to save Ben Osborn's strike.

West Ham finally broke the deadlock from the spot. Chris Basham's violation against Jesse Lingard in the forbidden box made the referee point to the spot. Rice, who acted as the executioner, did not waste this opportunity to open West Ham's advantage.

The host then doubled their lead after halftime. With a heading from Diop taking advantage of Aaron Creswell's corner.

Sheffield, two goals behind, did not just give up. Several opportunities came from David McGoldrick and Oliver McBurnie, both opportunities were countered by Fabianski.

In fact, West Ham added to the collection of goals before the game ended. Substitute Frederick received a pass from Said Benrahma, who then fired at the near post which was lodged in the Sheffield goal.

In the next round of matches played on Sunday, February 21, West Ham will host another London team Tottenham Hotspur, while Sheffield will look to end their streak of two defeats at home to Fulham on Saturday, February 20.

The composition of players:

West Ham United (3-4-2-1): Lukasz Fabianski, Issa Diop, Craig Dawson, Aaron Creswell, Vladimir Coufal, Declan Rice, Tomas Soucek, Ben Johnson (Ryan Fredericks 90 '), Jesse Lingard (Said Benrahma82') , Manuel Lanzini (Mark Noble 63 '), Jarrod Bowen

Coach: David Moyes

Sheffield United (3-5-2): Aaron Ramsdale, Chris Basham, John Egan (Phil Jagielka 85 '), Ethan Ampadu, Jayden Bogle, John Lundstram, Oliver Norwood (Oliver McBurnie 63'), Ben Osborn, Enda Stevens, David McGoldrick, Billy Sharp

Coach: Chris Wilder