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 have ball in the back of the net as Soucek bundles a header past Meslier, but the midfielder is well offside he latches onto Paqueta's header.
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Cooper brings down Scamacca on the charge with a poor challenge and goes into the book.
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CLOSE! Meslier races off his line to knock a loose ball away from Bowen on the edge of the Leeds box. However, his clearance travels straight to Coufal, who shoots first-time. Meslier and his defenders race back in desperation, but the ball lands on the roof of the net anyway.
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WIDE! Paqueta makes a late run to attack a cross from Fornals, but pressure from Struijk forces the Brazilian to steer his effort into the side-netting from a tight angle.
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CHANCE! Roca angles a cross into the box from the right flank that is cleared as far as Aaronson. The American stretches to shoot on his right foot, but sends his effort over the top.
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Aaronson causes problems down the right flank for Aguerd, leaving the defender in his wake. Kehrer has to act to divert his cross behind for a corner.
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SAVE! Leeds are on the attack again and Adams arcs a ball over the top for Gnonto in the inside-left channel. He shoots first-time, but places a tame effort straight at Fabianski.
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West Ham have lost four out of the five games they have played after conceding first in the Premier League this season.
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