LONDON, (Reuters) – Substitute Andriy Yarmolenko marked a rare West Ham United appearance with a dramatic late goal to earn his side a priceless 3-2 Premier League win over Chelsea yesterday.
With Chelsea pushing for a late winner, West Ham counter-attacked and Pablo Fornals played in Yarmolenko who cut inside Antonio Rudiger before sliding a shot past Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Only the chronically bad form of their relegation rivals was keeping West Ham out of the drop zone after three successive defeats without scoring but victory lifted them above Watford into 16th spot with 30 points, three above drop zone.
Tomas Soucek appeared to have prodded West Ham into the lead in the 34th minute, only for VAR to rule that a grounded Michail Antonio was fractionally offside.
And in a frenetic ending it was the unlikely figure of Yarmolenko who was to have the final say as West Ham sealed a league double over Chelsea for the first time since 2002-03.
