London (AFP)
After Everton and Arsenal on Sunday, it was West Ham who missed a great opportunity to climb the podium by returning with a draw (0-0) of Aston Villa on Monday for the final game of the 5th Premier League Day.
In a start of extremely tight English championship, since Manchester City, 2nd with 10 points, is only three steps ahead of Crystal Palace, 12th, the Hammers were hoping better with the promoted who with 4 points in 5 matches keeps the nose out of the red zone (17th).
And it is not for lack of trying, during a match on the average level but very alive.
French striker Sébastien Haller's teammates have shot 10 times, but only once.
However, reduced to ten to twenty minutes from the end, for a second very severe yellow card on midfielder Arthur Masuaku and with offensive leaders not really at the level, like an Andriy Yarmolenko released at the time of game, they could hardly hope much better.
The 5th London club will therefore be satisfied with its comfortable 8th place with 8 points, which is, after all, as much as its neighbors Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham, or even Manchester United.
He may even be relatively satisfied, as the best chances have been for the Birmingham club, including a sudden shot by John McGinn who pushed Lukasz Fabianski to a very nice low-level parade on his right just before the break. .
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