Winston Reid's own goal ensured the spoils were shared in a 1-1
Premier League draw between West Ham and West Brom at Upton Park.
Substitute
Rickie Lambert's shot took a wicked deflection off Hammers captain
Reid's arm early in the second half to secure a hard-earned point for
Tony Pulis' side.
Mauro Zarate's superb free-kick had given the
hosts the lead in the first half as West Ham looked to arrest a
three-game winless run that has coincided with an injury to playmaker
Dimitri Payet.
West Brom increasingly grew into the contest and
looked the more likely winners after Reid's moment of misfortune, with
Adrian making a fine save to keep out a close-range header from Salomon
Rondon.
Diafra Sakho went closest to finding a winner for West
Ham, but his shot deflected off Jonas Olsson into the side netting with
Boaz Myhill beaten.
The draw matches the result from when the two sides last met in East London in January.
After
a cagey opening few minutes West Ham had the first shot at goal. The
Baggies lost possession in a dangerous area and Manuel Lanzini jinked
through two tackles before freeing Zarate, whose shot hit the side
netting.
Rondon then went close, driving a fierce shot after good
work from Darren Fletcher, but the Venezuela international's strike
fizzed just wide of Adrian's far post.
The Hammers took the lead
after 16 minutes when Gareth McAuley conceded a free-kick for grappling
with Sakho 25 yards out and Zarate curled a wonderful shot over the wall
and into the top corner, leaving Myhill helpless.
Cheikhou
Kouyate should have added a second for Bilic's men soon after, but
glanced a header just wide from Aaron Cresswell's precise cross, before
Myhill saved well with his legs from the tricky Lanzini.
West Ham
were dominating the 100th meeting between these sides and Lanzini forced
another good stop from Myhill after the hosts sliced through the
defence far too easily.
Pulis introduced Lambert for the
ineffective Stephane Sessegnon at half-time and the former
Liverpool
striker made an immediate impact. West Ham failed to clear after
Fletcher's driving run and Lambert's shot fortuitously deflected in off
Reid's arm for the equaliser.
Lambert was in the thick of the
action and forced a good low save from Adrian via a free-kick he won
himself after tussling with Angelo Ogbonna.
Adrian made an
incredible save to deny Rondon on the hour mark, spreading himself to
keep out the striker's point-blank header as the visitors pressed.
With
20 minutes to go Victor Moses drove through the West Brom midfield and
found Sakho in space, but the Senegal striker's shot hit the side
netting after a vital deflection off Olsson.
Moses volleyed just
wide of the far post in the final two minutes after Lanzini kept the
ball alive in the box and that proved the final flurry.
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