Emerson's second-half header earned West Ham a 1-1 draw with Aston Villa, as Graham Potter's team produced a much-improved display at Villa Park. (More Football News)
﷽The draw sees West Ham move 11 points clear of the bottom three, while Aston Villa remain eighth, four points behind fourth-placed Manchester City
Emerson's second-half header earned West Ham a 1-1 draw with Aston Villa, as Graham Potter's team produced a much-improved display at Villa Park. (More Football News)
🀅The wing-back crept round the back to nod Edson Alvarez's cross home on 70 minutes as Villa's midweek Champions League exploits seemed to catch up with them.
🍨An excellent Jacob Ramsey goal had given the hosts the lead inside 10 minutes before they lost defender Tyrone Mings to a worrying knee injury.
🐼But Unai emery's side appeared to run out of gas after half-time and the Hammers came on strong, with Danny Ings and Lucas Paqueta both going close to a winner.
🗹The draw sees West Ham move 11 points clear of the bottom three, while Villa remain eighth, four points behind fourth-placed Manchester City.
Data Debrief: Hammers show signs of life
🙈An injury list featuring Jarrod Bowen, Crysencio Sumemrville, Niclas Fullkrug and Michail Antonio meant Graham Potter fielded Paqueta as a false nine at Villa Park.
🅷And while he will wish a couple of his side's best chance had fallen to natural marksmen, West Ham's new boss will be encouraged by a display that saw them rack up 14 shots and an xG of 1.39.
❀The Hammers came on particularly strong after half-time, posting 1.06 of that xG tally in the second period, and also dominated in terms of final-third entries, touches in the box and big chances.
ꦬVilla ended up with just 45.6% of the possession and mustered one shot on target in the second period.
☂They did score a fine opener early on, though, with Watkins becoming just their second ever player to be directly involved in 100 Premier League goals, after Gabriel Agbonlahor.