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04/10 17:09 CDT West Ham turn on second half style to beat Wolves and send
Tottenham into drop zone
West Ham turn on second half style to beat Wolves and send Tottenham into drop
zone
LONDON (AP) --- West Ham beat fellow strugglers Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 on
Friday and dropped Tottenham into the Premier League drop zone for the first
time this season.
Spurs were two points behind the Hammers before heading to Sunderland on Sunday.
Valentn Castellanos scored twice in three minutes midway through the second
half after Konstantinos Mavropanos put the Hammers 1-0 up with a header just
before halftime.
Konstantinos completed the scoring seven minutes from time with an acrobatic
volley from a corner kick.
Wolves remained at the bottom of the league and was almost certain to be
relegated.
Neither side excelled in a forgettable first half but West Ham went in a goal
to the good when Mavropanos nodded home a cross from Jarrod Bowen.
Castellanos made it two after 66 minutes thanks to a deliciously cheeky assist
from Pablo and then the same player added a third three minutes later with a
low shot that may have been aided by a slight deflection.
Konstantinos' fourth was the icing on the cake for the home side that
celebrated its first league win in over a month.
"We are extremely happy," Hammers coach Nuno Espirito Santo said. "All of us
deserve an evening like this, especially our fans. London Stadium was amazing;
it was bouncing with energy even in the hard parts when the game was tough.
"I realize there is still a lot of work to be done yet. We made a big step
today, which was important for us, but nothing has changed."
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