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PL: Lingard scores brace as West Ham beat Leicester to go 4th

By skysports
Football News PL: Lingard scores brace as West Ham beat Leicester to go 4th
APR 11, 2021 LISTEN

Jesse Lingard continued his fine scoring form with two more goals as West Ham beat Leicester City 3-2 to move back into the Premier League top four.

West Ham raced into a two-goal lead as the on-loan Lingard struck twice before half-time with a brilliant cushioned volley (29), followed by a tap-in (44).

And when Jarrod Bowen swept home a third three minutes into the second half, the points appeared in the bag for David Moyes’s side.

However, the in-form Kelechi Iheanacho gave Leicester hope of a recovery by smashing home an unstoppable drive with 20 minutes to go, before adding a second in injury time with his ninth goal in his last six matches.

West Ham, though, held on for the win that moved them a point above Chelsea and back into the fourth and final Champions League berth.

Meanwhile, Brendan Rodgers’s team stay third in the table, although they are now just a point above the Hammers after back-to-back league defeats with seven games left this season.

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