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In the “Premier League” of England, on Sunday, the tenth round of matches took place in which London's “West Ham United” defeated the eleventh consecutive defeat of “Blackburn” after a fierce battle 2-1.
2 - 1
21' [1 - 0] Teddy Sheringham
80' [2 - 0] Hayden Mullins
90' [2 - 1] David Bentley
Just before this match, the players of "West Ham", who were in the penultimate place in the tournament table, clearly showed from the beginning of the match that this time, after eight consecutive defeats, they will seek only victory - dangerous passes were constantly sent towards Brad Friedel's goal, especially from both attacking sides, but at the beginning "Blackburn" managed to resist.
Finally, a long-awaited goal was scored - after a precise pass from the right edge by Yossi Benayoun, the 40-year-old veteran T.Sheringham, who got rid of the opponent's defender's cover, left no chance for the goalkeeper with a great header and scored his first goal of the season.
Not only that, "West Ham" managed to disarm the opponent's goalkeeper for the first time after 8 hours of 'dry' pure game time.
In the first half, most of the "Blackburn" attacks ended in mistakes, and the home goalkeeper, Robert Green, had to join the game rarely.
After the big break, the situation changed significantly - "Blackburn" found themselves in the opponents' half much more often and began to create dangerous situations. One of them was an excellent opportunity for defender Lucas Neill to score, but his shot went straight to the goalkeeper.
In response to this, "West Ham" launched two attacks, one of which ended with a second goal - at first Bobby Zamora's shot was blocked by B.Friedel, but with 10 minutes left to play, H.Mullins doubled the lead with a close-range shot and practically secured the victory for the hosts - 2-0.
However, at the end of the match, “West Ham” fans had to get nervous - already during the referee's added time, D.Bentley narrowed the gap when R.Green unsuccessfully parried Benni McCarthy's shot, and in the last seconds, a header from France's Jeffers flew just above the goal.
Despite that, preserving the advantage they had, the "West Ham" players, with 8 points in their account, rose from the 19th place in the tournament table to the 16th, which they share with "Newcastle".
Meanwhile, “Blackburn”, accumulating 12 points along with “Tottenham”, remains in 11th place.
