West Ham 2-2 Bournemouth: Topsy-turvy encounter ends in a draw

West Ham and Bournemouth went at it on Saturday as they drew 2-2 at London Stadium in an end-to-end game.

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Bournemouth took the lead through Evanilson but West Ham flipped the script quickly in the second half as Niclas Fullkrug and Jarrod Bowen headed home in quick succession.

But Evanilson was on hand to tap home another late on to grab a point for Bournemouth and that was a fair result.

With the point West Ham move on to 35 points for the season, while Bournemouth continue to lose ground in their hunt for European qualification and are on 45 points.


West Ham vs Bournemouth score: 2-2

Fullkrug 61', Bowen 69'; Evanilson 38', 79'

Evanilson taps home — West Ham 2-2 Bournemouth

A free kick is played to the back post and Huijsen heads back across goal and Evanilson is there to tap home another one. VAR has checked for offside but the goal stands.

Bowen powers home a superb header! — West Ham 2-1 Bournemouth

Kudus digs out a brilliant cross from the left and Bowen climbs high and directs a great header into the far corner. He produced all of the power on that. Wow. West Ham turn it around in less than 10 minutes!

Fullkrug powers home a header! — West Ham 1-1 Bournemouth

There he is! Niclas Fullkrug jumps off the bench and a few minutes later he's leaping to meet a corner and power a header home. Ward-Prowse with a magnificent corner and Fullkrug was the only player who was going to head that. That is what we expected to see this season from the German international, but he's had so many injuries. 1-1 with over 30 minutes to go. Exciting finale here!

Evanilson puts the Cherries ahead! — West Ham 0-1 Bournemouth

Oh no. Areola is not going to want to see that back. He palms Semenyo's shot straight to Evanilson who taps in. Bournemouth deservedly lead. ...

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