WEST HAM 3-1 CARDIFF: REPORT
- Bobby Vincent
- Dec 4, 2018
- 1 min read
West Ham United made a flying start to the second-half and that was enough to beat Cardiff City at the London Stadium.
Goals from Lucas Perez (x2) and Michail Antonio cancelled out Joshua Murphy's late consolation goal for the Bluebirds.
A penalty miss from Joe Ralls at 0-0 in the end proved pivotal in the match, as the Hammers attacked excellently after the restart.
West Ham move up to 12th with the three points, whilst Cardiff remain just above the drop zone in 16th.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Cardiff had a huge chance to take the lead in London, when Junior Hoillett was brought down in the penalty area and City had a penalty.
Joe Ralls took the responsibility upon himself, but Lukasz Fabianski saved well in the bottom right corner.
After the restart, Cardiff were made to pay for their missed penalty, when Perez was found by Robert Snodgrass and then striker smashed the ball beyond Neil Etheridge.
The Hammers started the second-half in a frantic manner; and Perez had his second after being found by Arthur Masuaku.
West Ham were on fire, and just kept scoring. This time it was Antonio, who headed in via a Snodgrass cross.
Cardiff did score eventually, when Murphy eventually scrambled the ball over the goal-line, but it was too little, too late for the Bluebirds.
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