West Ham 2-1 Aston Villa

A thrilling last-gasp victory over 10-man Aston Villa hauled West Ham out of the Premier League drop zone for the first time since late September.

ark Noble converted a West Ham penalty on the stroke of half-time.

Ashley Young had a spot kick saved by Robert Green just after the break, but levelled soon afterwards with a curling effort that was more cross than shot.

Habib Beye saw red late in the game before substitute Zavon Hines prodded home from close range at the death.

But Villa manager Martin O’Neill will be desperately disappointed by his side’s failure to reap greater benefit from a first-half spell in which West Ham were twice forced to regroup in the wake of injuries at both ends of the pitch.

West Ham      2-1      Aston Villa

Noble (pen) 45+3           Young 52
Hines 90+3

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Posted by Bilal Sulehri on Nov 5 2009. Filed under Football, Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry