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West Ham 2-1 Aston Villa
by Paul Donovan
at the London Stadium
THE most uplifting moment of this game came in the 69th minute as Ukrainian international Andriy Yarmolenko sunk to his knees for an emotional celebration, following his breakthrough goal for West Ham against Aston Villa at the London Stadium.
The big striker had just come on to replace Michail Antonio, when Said Benrahma fed the ball into the area to Yarmolenko, who flicked the ball up with one foot and fired home with the other.
The goal lifted a previously labouring West Ham, resulting in a sweeping move started by Declan Rice, that saw Benrahma cross the ball in for Pablo Fornals to tuck into the back of the net.
Villa replied with a late strike from Jacob Ramsey from the edge of the penalty area.
The result was poetic justice given Villa spent much of the first 70 minutes playing for time.
