Premier League - Hines strike gives Hammers win

Eurosport - Tue, 03 Nov 12:11:00 2009

Youngster Zavon Hines stepped off the bench to score with just seconds remaining to give struggling West Ham a valuable 2-1 win over 10-man Aston Villa in the Premier League.

West Ham United's Zavon Hines (left) scores the winning goal. - 0

Mark Noble gave the Hammers a first-half lead from the spot in stoppage time after Habib Beye - later sent off - was judged to have brought down Hines, who had come on for the injured Carlton Cole.

Ashley Young made amends for a second-half penalty miss of his own with a superb strike from the corner of the box for Villa, but the Hammers would not be denied.

In the dying moments Scott Parker found Hines who struck to send the home fans crazy and pull his club out of the bottom three.

The Hammers' early game plan went out of the window when Herita Ilunga's night was cut short with just six minutes on the clock.

Despite the early change - Jonathan Spector came on for the home side - Noble almost opened the scoring after turning James Collins, only to find away keeper Brad Friedel equal to the effort.

West Ham counterpart Robert Green then pulled off a world-class save when he tipped over Stiliyan Petrov's ferocious drive before saving a Gabriel Agbonlahor strike.

When West Ham lost the talismanic Cole, playing against his former club, to what looked like a hamstring injury, Zola immediately sent on Hines.

And after Green saved John Carew's scuffed snapshot, the sub won his side a penalty: the decision looked harsh on Villa man Beye, who was booked for protesting. Noble rifled home to give the hosts a half-time lead.

Villa were fired up and should have levelled four minutes after the restart when Manuel da Costa was penalised in the box for climbing on Collins, but Young's resulting spot kick was superbly saved by Green.

Young waited just three minutes before making amends. There seemed nothing on for the England man as he picked up the ball on the corner of the box, but he unleashed an unstoppable curling effort that flew past Green and into the net.

Hines almost replied for West Ham with a header that went over the bar and Parker just failed to get a touch on Julien Faubert's pass, which trickled agonisingly wide of Friedel's post.

With the clock running down, Spector attacked the Villa defence and when Beye brought his run to a halt, the referee had no hesitation in stopping play and brandishing a second yellow despite West Ham's protests for advantage to be played.

It looked like the Hammers' best chance had gone after Friedel pushed away Parker's effort; but with four minutes of stoppage time played, Parker skipped into the Villa box, dug the ball out to Hines and he produced an excellent close-range finish.

Ian Hare / Eurosport

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  1. crikey about time! i was at the game and second half­ performance was like we should be turning out every­ week,the ref had a shocker.villa are a good side and­ will be top 7 no problem.i wish we got ashley young­ when he left watford.top player.COME ON YOU­ IRONS...............

    From GAVIN, on Thu 5 Nov 6:12PM

  2. west ham came out on top and deserved it they were the­ better side

    From angel_2008, on Thu 5 Nov 1:34PM

  3. As a life long hammers fan that unfortunatelly can not­ attend matches , i cant believe what duxbury is doing­ to my club , please please who ever is thinking of­ buying the club do it soon, you will have the best and­ most loyal fans around, Paul merson( ex gooner ) said­ so on sky sports news on saturday. come on you irons.

    From sidneypuppier, on Thu 5 Nov 12:16PM

  4. @Dosh: Martin O'neill never said Villa would be­ fourth. don't believe everything in the media

    From peri, on Thu 5 Nov 10:25AM

  5. It's great that homegrown talent like Hines turns­ out to be the real hero, not all your bought in­ expensive sideliners, and they are stil talking about­ going after yet more unproven 'strikers'. ­ Strenghthen the DEFENCE first, especially if UPSON is­ going to be off this Xmas.
    WHEN OH WHEN are they going­ to DUMP DUXBURY, that self serving SHEISTER has cost­ Hammers millions of wasted money. Curbs has proved his­ case, that he was double crossed by Duxbury. SACK­ DUXBURY!!!

    From Keith, on Thu 5 Nov 9:48AM

  6. Villa will never be a decent side until they get rid of­ the 3 front men (Gabby, Heskey and Carew)and get some­ decent strikers

    From Olidix, on Thu 5 Nov 9:15AM

  7. Villa like man City not there yet, but of the two, man­ City have the best chance to frighten the top four­ place!!

    From tonyjoe79, on Thu 5 Nov 8:44AM

  8. only six players play for Villa the rest just turn up­ ......

    From William P, on Thu 5 Nov 8:14AM

  9. COME ON YOU IRONS!!!!!

    From paddy, on Thu 5 Nov 6:02AM

  10. easy the hammers

    From Robin L, on Thu 5 Nov 3:39AM
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    From criketsucks, on Thu 5 Nov 12:35AM

  12. THE REF WAS A DISGRACE WEST HAM DESERVED THE WIN AND­ THE REF NEEDS REPORTING TOTALLY BIASED AND IT SHOWED HE­ SHOULD HANG HIS HEAD IN SHAME.GTRAT JOB SONE ON THE­ PITCH BY THE HAMMERS VILLA HAD NO REAL PRESENCE AND­ LACKED ANY REAL THREAT.

    From PETER, on Wed 4 Nov 11:21PM

  13. octaneoverboost villa seemed to have a dodgy penalty­ too! so how does that work its way into your stupid­ theory eh? bitter idiot! west ham deserved it!

    From steven, on Wed 4 Nov 11:07PM

  14. "We are confident we'll be in fourth­ place", hahaha don't count your chicks before­ they hatch coach Aston Villa, it takes much more to be­ in the top four.

    From Dosh, on Wed 4 Nov 10:58PM
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    When I first saw the odds, I can not put myself to­ believe a bottom table team can beat one of the best­ team on top. Tell me the F.A. Don't play any part,­ 1st was a penalty to make things easier for West Ham,­ then 3 yellow cards to Aston to make things look clean­ later, Yes, and when the time comes, out came the­ "RED". "6" mins after 90, West­ Ham scored 2-1 and the picture is complete! WELL DONE,­ F.A. you've done it again!

    From octaneoverboost, on Wed 4 Nov 10:39PM
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    another joke of a refeering performance, should never­ of been a penalty for west ham

    From A, on Wed 4 Nov 10:18PM
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    YOU FOOLS ARE WATCHING A BUSINESS IN PLAY, NOT SPORT!!

    From octaneoverboost, on Wed 4 Nov 10:09PM

  18. No worries. By the end of November West Ham will be mid­ table and so will Villa. Come on yo Irons!

    From tomas.americano, on Wed 4 Nov 3:04PM
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    cole was a villa reject, villa for the win no probs.­ hammers for the drop.

    From upthevilla, on Tue 3 Nov 7:53PM

  20. Cole's goals have accounted for 46% of his­ team's total in the league this season no other­ player has scored a higher percentage of his sides'­ goals. - funny that seeing as Evertons Saha has scored­ 6 of their 12 giving him 50% how do i know that?­ Eurosport stats! Bloody pathetic and im sad for even­ mentioning it ha ha ha

    From Ask me, on Tue 3 Nov 6:41PM
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