London (AFP)
By clearly beating Leicester (4-1), reduced to ten before the break, West Ham won their second match in two days and took the lead in the Premier League on Monday night.
Already winners in Newcastle (4-2) for the first lift, West Ham has the same goal difference as Liverpool and Chelsea (+5), but with eight goals scored, against five for the Reds and the Blues.
The Londoners also overtake Brighton and Tottenham, authors like them of a perfect start.
As for the Foxes, who dominated Wolverhampton (1-0) at the opening, they are stuck in the heart of the standings (12th).
Between the 6th and the 5th of last season, separated by a small point, the match promised to be undecided.
He was very balanced during the first half of the first act, although Leicester monopolized the ball, but in a very sterile fashion.
Things got worse for Brendan Rodgers' men with a ball recovered in the middle of the field by Declan Rice and a backlash launched and concluded by Pablo Fornals (1-0, 26th).
Shortly before half-time, Ayoze Perez, author of a nasty gesture on an opponent while he was out of balance, was expelled by the referee after resorting to the VAR (40th).
Shortly after the break, Saïd Benrahma gave an advantage which seemed decisive to the Hammers (2-0, 56th), before the former Monegasque Youri Tielemans gave hope to Leicester (2-1, 69th).
Unfortunately for the Foxes, center forward Michail Antonio then added to the bill by scoring a double in the last ten minutes (3-1, 80th then 4-1, 84th).
He thus became the top scorer of the London club in the era of the Premier League, ahead of the Italian Paolo Di Canio, with 49 goals, while sealing a victory of the most logical for the Hammers.
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