LONDON, CMC—Jamaica striker Michail Antonio led gamers with Caribbean ties who scored in English soccer on Saturday with a late strike, which enabled West Ham United to earn a 2-2 draw towards Premier League giants Liverpool.
Antonio scored a header inside the ultimate quarter-hour for his seventh aim this season. He adopted up a first-half strike from Jarrod Bowen on his 2 hundredth look for the Hammers to all however dent the hopes of Liverpool from strongly contending for the EPL title at London Stadium.
Bowen equaled Paolo Di Canio’s EPL document for many targets in a single season for the Hammers when he headed in his sixteenth of the marketing campaign—and twentieth in all competitions—two minutes earlier than the interval.
West Ham made a set-piece depend when Bowen rose highest to fulfill a cross from Mohammed Kudus, and Liverpool confirmed little proof that their Merseyside derby loss towards Everton in midweek had achieved a lot to spur them on within the title chase.
Liverpool emerged from the break a unique crew, and although a messy Alphonse Areola own-goal gave them the lead after Andy Robertson leveled phrases, Antonio discovered the goal within the 77th minute to safe a share of the spoils.
The end result meant that the Hammers now have an outdoor probability of securing European qualification, in eighth place within the 20-team desk on 49 factors with three matches to play, with a brief journey to cross-town rivals Chelsea in retailer subsequent.
Liverpool sits third within the desk at 75 factors, two factors behind leaders Arsenal, with three matches remaining.
The Gunners, as Arsenal is thought, face Tottenham on Sunday. Manchester Metropolis is second, on 76 factors, however has two matches in hand.
Elsewhere, Jamaica striker Omari Hutchinson put Ipswich within the lead twice. Nonetheless, Hull Metropolis equalized every time and earned a hard-fought 3-3 draw. In distinction, Charlton Athletic striker Tyrese Campbell, eligible to play for Jamaica, and Watford striker Ryan Andrews, eligible to play for Barbados, additionally discovered the again of the nets.
Hutchinson, 20, scored in every half after George Hirst netted the opener and seemed to have secured complete factors for the Tractor Boys, as Ipswich is thought, of their chase for computerized promotion to the Premier League. Nonetheless, Ozan Tufan, Liam Delap, and Noah Ohio all discovered equalizers to earn the hosts a share of the spoils at MKM Stadium.
Hutchinson scored his first aim within the third minute of first-half stoppage time to present his facet a 2-1 lead at halftime. He picked up possession on the best flank earlier than slicing in on his left and firing a fantastic thing about a shot into the highest nook.
Hutchinson gave Ipswich a 3-2 lead within the 67th minute when the Hull protection didn’t study their lesson from his first aim and allowed him to select up the second ball from a nook, change on to his left foot, and whip a second curling, dipping strike previous Ryan Allsop.
Ipswich is third within the 24-team desk on 90 factors, 4 factors behind leaders Leicester with two matches remaining, and degree on factors with an inferior aim protection with Leeds, who’ve one match left, whereas Hull is seventh on 70.
Campbell, 24, enabled Stoke Metropolis to safe their standing within the League Championship with a 1-0 win towards hosts Southampton, and Andrews, 19, got here off the bench to finish the lengthy look ahead to a house win for Watford after they beat Sunderland 1-0 in the identical league.
As Stoke is thought, the Potters displayed endeavor and dedication to greater than match their promotion-chasing hosts. They created a number of alternatives on both facet of Tyrese Campbell’s chic end, incomes all of them three factors at St Mary’s Park.
Stoke went in entrance with 10 minutes left earlier than halftime when Campbell beat Taylor Harwood-Bellis and drilled the ball residence for his second league aim.
With the win, the Potters at the moment are 18th within the 24-team desk on 53 factors, and a run of 1 defeat from seven matches has enabled them to climb away from the underside three on the enterprise finish of the season.
Andrews, whose father Wayne was additionally a striker for Watford, allowed Tom Cleverley to have a good time his appointment as everlasting crew supervisor with the membership’s first residence win since November 28. This ended a run of 12 winless matches at Vicarage Street.
A uninteresting end-of-season affair between two mid-table sides was settled by a second of high quality halfway by the second half when Ismaël Koné performed an ideal move behind the Sunderland protection, and Andrews coolly slotted previous keeper Anthony Patterson.
The win was Watford’s second in 9 matches below Cleverley, who was positioned in interim cost after Valerien Ismael was sacked in March. 5 of these matches have been drawn.
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