FT West Ham 2 v Norwich City 2

FT: West Ham 2 Norwich 2

Team: Adrian, Jenkinson, Tomkins, Reid, Cresswell, Kouyate, Noble (c), Lanzini, Payet, Moses, Sakho

Subs: Randolph, Collins, Obiang, Antonio, Carroll, Zarate, Jelavic.

3pm Kick Off Come on you Irons!

2mins  West Ham win a corner

3mins  West Ham win their second corner of the game

4mins  Sakho wins a free kick which Payet takes but it comes to nothing

8mins  Mistake by Mark Noble gifts Norwich a early goal. Brady scores his first goal for Norwich.

9 mins James Tomkins over stretches and looks in trouble, Collins warming up but Tomkins carries on.

10 mins Another West Ham corner and another Free kick

14 mins  Corner to Norwich City conceded by Victor Moses.

16 mins Norwich have 64% of the possession as West Ham sit back. Norwich have 3 shots with one on target, West Ham have 2 shots with 1 on target

18 mins  Norwich have a left footed shot from the centre of the box but it is too high. All Norwich at the moment

22 mins Payet is smashed in the face by Whitaker but ref misses it. He could have been sent out for that.

26 mins Winston Reid wins a free kick for the Hammers

27 mins Whitaker has is arms around Sakho now, what has he got to do to get booked?

29 mins Lanzini takes a shot but it is way off target. Bilic doesn’t look very happy at the moment.

32 mins GOAL!!! Diafra Sakho evens it up for the Hammers! Assisted by Payet for third assist of the season  1-1  Game on

35 mins  Payet is fouled and Lanzini get a free kick just outside the box but it is just wide

37 mins All West Ham now and the Hammers win yet another corner

38 mins And another corner, West Ham want to get another goal before Half time

40 mins Sakho is through one on one with the goal keeper but he is flagged offside

41 mins Mistake by Winston Reid in the box which we get away with

43 mins Norwich still have 61% possession but West Ham are in charge of this game now

45 mins 1 added minute of stoppage time

45+1 mins  HALF TIME West Ham 1 Norwich 1 

46mins Second Half kicks off  Come on you irons!

47mins Man United 2-0 up now to Sunderland so West Ham unlikely to go top whatever happens here.

49 mins Great save by Adrian to keep even stevens 1-1

50mins Despite having only 40% possession West Ham have had 9 shots, 3 of which were on target to Norwich’s 8 shot of which 4 were on target.

52 mins Headed attempt on goal by Sakho but it is over the cross bar

53 mins Great move by West Ham, Payet passes to Sakho in the box with pinpoint accuracy but Sakho is ruled offside

54 mins Bird stops play! An injured pigeon has stopped play!

55 mins What a chance to go 2-1 up. Victor Moses cross to Sakho in the box who gets his head to it. Norwich keeper saves with his knee. Not sure how much he knew about that. Kouyate misses on the rebound. Better from West Ham.

56 mins Pedro Obiang replaces Victor Moses. I hope Moses isn’t injured and this was a tactical change.

59 mins Sakho passes to Payet in the box who gets a great shot off which is saved by an eventually good save.

60 mins West Ham have had 57% possession in the last 15 minutes as they boss the game now.

61 mins I spoke too soon. Adrian saves a cracker of a shot with his face. He looks in pain after that

62 mins Adrian receives treatment for his nose which took the full force of a strike but he looks OK to carry on

64 mins Winston Reid is down holding his shoulder. He is up again and looks OK to continue

69 mins Another shot by Sakho on goal, his 7th of this game. Andy Carroll warming up

70 mins West Ham concede a corner, Lanzini is replaced by Andy Carroll

72 mins Bit of pressure on West Ham now but Hammers defence holding up well

76 mins Mark Noble concedes a corner, Norwich keep the pressure up on the Hammers

80 mins Just 10 remain for West Ham to find a way through to claim all three points

83 mins Disaster West Ham concede a GOAL! with 7 minutes remaining.  2-1 down! It was Nathan Redmond through a sea of bodies, Adrian knew nothing about it.

84 mins Captain Mark Noble has replaced by Mauro Zarate. The captain has not had a good day today involved in both of Norwich’s goals.

90 mins 4 minutes of added time

92 mins GOAL! Dimtri  Payet free kick finds Kouyate for a tap in to make it 2-2! Great come back by the boys!

That’s it! it’s a draw 2-2.  I am happy with the point after conceding so late.

West Ham remain third in the Premier League on better goal difference than Arsenal who beat Leicester City 5-2. Leicester go 6th.

West Ham had 44% of the possession with 17 shots, 6 of which were on target. Norwich managed 16 shots of which 7 were on target. They will go home feeling the less fortunate this afternoon.

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