Michael Antonio celebrating after becoming West Ham’s record goalscorer (Twitter)
Michel Antonio’s record goal for West Ham United was sealed with a kiss
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Michael Antonio became West Ham United’s all-time Premier League scorer, netting twice to help secure a stunning 4-1 win over Leicester City on Monday, who sent off Ayoz Perez late in the first half .
Pablo Fornals and Saeed Benrahma opened the scoring for the hammer, giving it two wins out of two and topping the goals table after a spectacular performance in a poor environment at the London Stadium.
Fornals put the hosts forward in the 26th minute and ended a flowing move, driving Benrahma’s low cross into the net, before Perez was shown a red card for stamping on the Spaniard in the 40th as he Was tossing for the ball.
West Ham continued to dominate and Benrahma doubled their advantage with a simple finish in the 56th when Antonio intercepted a back pass from Caglar Soyuncu and swung the ball to the Algerian forward.
Yuri Tielemens pulled back a goal for Leicester in the 69th minute when he bounced off a loose ball in the penalty area and passed goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski by 10 metres.
But Antonio made it 3-1 in the 80th when he took a Declan Rice cross in his stride and buried a low shot four minutes later after turning Soyunku before putting the icing on the cake with his 49th Premier League strike for the hammer. done.
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