The new Leicester City Ruud van Nistelrooy beat West Ham United (3-1) and makes the continuation of Julen Lopetegui on the bench of the London team.
Lopetegui, who has been discussed for weeks because of the bad moment the team is going through, beat Newcastle United last week, got three points in which he breathed a lot, but on Saturday he received a defeat at home against Arsenal (2-5) and fell on Tuesday against a Leicester City that had just scored four goals against Manchester United and changed coaches after the sacking of Steve Cooper.
With Van Nistelrooy on the bench, the ‘Foxes’ only made Lopetegui’s situation worse, with a continuation at West Ham very difficult.
Vardy scored early
Jamie Vardy Leicester legend, was the culprit that the ‘Hammers’ were in tow from the second minute. The 37-year-old English striker received deep from Bilal El Khanouss and, with all the silence in the world, he referred before the Lukasz Fabianski.
The goal was disallowed for offside, but VAR reviewed the play and determined that Konstantinos Mavropanos broke the anti-regulatory position.
Luck turned against West Ham
This West Ham, which in addition to the results was blamed for a poor game, He didn’t have a bit of luck either.. When Tomas Soucek equalized in the second half, the goalkeeper was disturbed Mads Hermansen, the referee disallowed his goal for a foul. The VAR, within seconds, confirmed the decision and, although West Ham had little more to do to level at least, like that one. Conor Coady takes out Crysencio Summerville on the lineLeicester decided it the other way around.
Kasey McAteer gave the ball inside the area to El Khannouss who was on the second line and He fixed the ball on the club.
Füllkrug returned with a goal after a three-month absence
Even with half an hour to go, West Ham were deflated and only VAR, appreciating offside, He prevented Bobby De Cordova-Reid from making the loss worse.
But West Ham were not there and Patson Daka, in another matchnow he made the third in which Leicester almost sealed Lopetegui’s verdict. No reaction time Niclas Füllkrug, who reappeared three months later, making his debut as a scorer for West Ham.
West Ham is fourteenth, with fifteen points, six above relegation, but has been in a clear cloud all season, after investing more than 100 million pounds in the previous summer market.
Decisive times for Lopetegui
If West Ham decide to keep Lopetegui, next Monday’s game against Wolves will be decisive.
Leicester, who He sent Cooper off without being relegated, It has thirteen points, four above Wolverhampton Wanderers, which marks the teams relegated to the Championship (English second division).
match lineup
30
2
16
24
4
23
35
6
9
40
11
1
5
29
28
15
26
20
19
18
4
14
King Power Stadium
Lukasz Fabianski1
Vladimir Coufal5
46′
61′
Aaron Wan-Bissaka29
21′
Tomas Soucek28
61′
Konstantinos Mavropanos15
59′
Maximilian Kilman26
73′
Jarrod Bowen20
Edson Alvarez19
75′
1′
36′
59′
Danny Ings18
45′
90′
Carlos Soler4
61′
60′
73′
Mohammed Kudus14
78′
Replacements
Wes Foderingham21
59′
Emerson33
61′
Kaelan Casey42
Lucas Paquetá10
61′
Guido Rodríguez24
73′
Chrysencio Summerville7
45′
73′
80′
Michael Antonio9
61′
90′
Niclas Füllkrug11
78′
92′
59′
89′
Luis Guilherme17
coach
Ruud van Nistelrooij
Julen Lopetegui
Source: La Verdad
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