Leeds United vs West Ham United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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West Ham United brought an end to a run of five consecutive Premier League defeats as they battled to a 2-2 draw at Leeds United on Wednesday.
The writing looked to be on the wall for the visitors after teenage forward Wilfried Gnonto gave Leeds the lead in the 27th minute, but David Moyes’s side responded well and deservedly levelled just before halftime through a Lucas Paqueta penalty.
With supporters still taking their seats for the second half, Gianluca Scamacca stunned Elland Road with a second for West Ham 44 seconds after the restart to complete the turnaround.
Leeds toiled as the rain came down, but a thunderbolt out of the blue from Rodrigo restored parity once more with 20 minutes to go.
Both sides had chances to win it but had to settle for a point apiece, with West Ham remaining 17th in the table, level on 15 points with Everton in the relegation zone, while Leeds are two points clear of the bottom three in 14th.
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West Ham United have won six penalties in the Premier League this season, no team has won more.
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West Ham needed that goal to stem the tide. They did apply a period of pressure on the Leeds goal and found their reward at a crucial time.
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GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!! PAQUETA CONVERTS ON THE STUTTER-STEP!!!!! 1-!!!! The Hammers are back in the game as Paqueta fires his left-footed strike into the top-right corner. The stutter-step proves to be the undoing for Meslier as Paqueta arcs his effort over the keeper into the back of the net.
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VAR! PENALTY TO WEST HAM! The referee overturns his decision and awards a penalty to West Ham for a foul by Struijk on Bowen.
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CHANCE! Scamacca works the ball towards Bowen in the box, who goes down under pressure from Struijk. The referee waves play on and the loose ball falls to Paqueta, but he places his effort inches wide of the post. The challenge by Struijk will be looked at by VAR.
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