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A poor clearance from Buonanotte went straight to Cresswell simply exterior the world. He whipped a terrific cross that was steered in the direction of purpose by Kudus, six yards out. Hermansen made an excellent save to his left however Soucek devoured up the rebound.
GOAL! West Ham 1-0 Leicester (Soucek 21)
Tomas Soucek celebrates his thirtieth birthday with a purpose.
19 min “If in case you have a second,” begins Daniel Stauss, “please save Peter Oh from himself and remind him that bologna isn’t an appropriate sandwich suggestion and anybody who would counsel such a factor is not any pal of his.”
What if anyone made a sandwich in your title with bologna the principle ingredient?
(NB: Clip accommodates grownup language. In all probability. Haven’t had likelihood to take heed to the entire three minutes and it’s years since I watched it.)
17 min Vardy will get to the byline within the space however there isn’t a lot help and his cutback is blocked earlier than it could actually attain De Cordova-Reid.
16 min Nothing a lot is going on so let’s have a bit extra of John Barnes, footballet dancer extraordinaire.
14 min Leicester hold the ball for a minute or so. Wan-Bissaka, who’s arguably within the type of his life, chases De Cordova-Reid all the way in which again into his personal half.
12 min Nothing a lot to report I’m afraid. I don’t know why I stated I used to be afraid. West Ham are probing patiently, one thing Graham Potter likes his groups to do, however they haven’t but acquired behind the defence.
10 min “Has Gary Naylor not seen Tomas Soucek’s balletic purpose celebration?” tut-tus Peter Oh. “Twirling in joyful abandon towards the nook flag. Assume Gene Kelly in Singin’ within the Rain or Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music.”
On that word, kind of, RIP to a person who put the Gene in genius, and unwittingly impressed the title of my cat.
8 min To date so good for Leicester, who’re defending solidly. They’re an odd group – at any time when I’ve seen them they’ve performed fairly nicely, but their outcomes have been dreadful.
6 min “In response to Gary Naylor’s query, I’d say a few of these gamers had potential!” says Russell Yong.
5 min West Ham are beginning to get on the ball. You’d count on them to dominate possession tonight, and for a lot of Graham Potter’s time on the membership given his methodology.
3 min “I bear in mind early in 2015 Jose Mourinho, then guiding Chelsea to the title, stated Leicester had been too good to go down,” says Gary Stover. “By the tip of 2015 Jose was out of labor, and Leicester, after profitable in 2016, bought N’Golo Kante to Chelsea, after which in 2017…
2 min An excellent begin from Leicester, who win an early nook. That’s cleared however Ndidi works Fabianski with a low drive from 25 yards. A cushty save.
1 min Leicester get the sport beneath manner, kicking from proper to left as we watch.
A reminder of tonight’s groups
West Ham (3-5-2) Areola; Todibo, Kilman, Cresswell; Wan-Bissaka, Soucek, Ward-Prowse, Alvarez, Scarles; Bowen, Kudus.
Substitutes: Fabianski, Soler, Mavropanos, Luis Guilherme, Ings, Rodriguez,
Emerson Palmieri, Ferguson, Irving.
Leicester (4-2-3-1) Hermansen; Justin, Faes, Vestergaard, Kristiansen; Ndidi, Soumare; Buonanotte, El Khannouss, De Cordova-Reid; Vardy.
Substitutes: Stolarczyk, Coady, Okoli, Winks, Mavididi, Ayew, Daka,
Skipp, Thomas.
“I’m at Sadler’s Wells for some modern dance which, a fast perusal of the prog reveals, might show to be ‘difficult’,” says Gary Naylor. “I can’t say I wasn’t warned…
“Anyway, which footballers would minimize it as ballet dancers? All three that got here to my thoughts are Dutch – Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten and Dennis Bergkamp. There should be extra. Possibly Marta?”
With me it’s wingers who come to thoughts, one specifically.
“Possibly as a result of it’s approaching the lunch hour right here within the California Republic, however the high two fixtures on right now’s listing characteristic (West) Ham and Bologna are making me hungry,” says Peter oh. “I’m undecided if the soccer will probably be appetising, however at the very least I’ve some lunch sandwich strategies. Buon appetito e Buonanotte!”
Staff information
No shock that West Ham are unchanged after that win on the Emirates. Ruud van Nisetlrooy makes three modifications to the Leicester aspect that was thrashed by Brentford final Friday: James Justin, Jannik Vestergaard and Facundo Buonanotte change Woyo Coulibaly, Caleb Okoli and Jordan Ayew.
West Ham (3-5-2) Areola; Todibo, Kilman, Cresswell; Wan-Bissaka, Soucek, Ward-Prowse, Alvarez, Scarles; Bowen, Kudus.
Substitutes: Fabianski, Soler, Mavropanos, Luis Guilherme, Ings, Rodriguez,
Emerson Palmieri, Ferguson, Irving.
Leicester (4-2-3-1) Hermansen; Justin, Faes, Vestergaard, Kristiansen; Ndidi, Soumare; Buonanotte, El Khannouss, De Cordova-Reid; Vardy.
Substitutes: Stolarczyk, Coady, Okoli, Winks, Mavididi, Ayew, Daka,
Skipp, Thomas.
Referee Anthony Taylor.
Preamble
If you happen to’re of a sure age, League Ladders are in all probability amongst your happier childhood reminiscences. They had been a vital a part of each soccer season – nicely, least till November whenever you realised your group wasn’t going to win the league or get promoted and it turned far an excessive amount of problem.
By the requirements of recent life, they give the impression of being a bit restricted. Take tonight’s match behind West Ham and Leicester Metropolis. The League Ladders – assuming you hadn’t given up in November – would present that it’s sixteenth v nineteenth within the desk. However they wouldn’t inform us that these groups, simply three locations aside close to the underside of the Premier League, reside in several worlds.
West Ham are 13 factors away from Leicester and cautiously optimistic about their future beneath Graham Potter, particularly after Saturday’s win at Arsenal. Leicester, in contrast, are trapped in a doom loop and appear nearly sure to go down.
Nonetheless, you by no means know. The one purpose Leicester may produce the Premier League’s best miracle in 2015-16 was due to a rare escape 12 months earlier. At one stage in 2014-15 Leicester took two factors from 14 video games; then, after one other depressing run of two factors in eight video games, they discovered themselves backside of the desk with 9 video games to go, seven factors off security.
A 2-1 win over – yep – West Ham was the beginning of an astonishing run: seven wins out of 9, and a comfy 14th-place end. As unlikely because it appears proper now, there are precedents for a Leicester revival. Nevertheless it wants to start out fairly quickly.
Kick off 8pm.