West Ham climbed to fifth in the table and Ollie Watkins paid the penalty in the cruellest circumstances. Jack Grealish had cancelled out Angelo Ogbonna’s first goal in a year before Hammers boss David Moyes made a double substitution at half time.And it worked a treat to produce what turned out to be the winning goal by Jarrod Bowen.
But only after Watkins missed his fourth penalty out of six in league football - and then had a stoppage-time equaliser for Aston Villa ruled out by VAR by the tiniest of margins.
Villa boss Dean Smith said: “We’ve had a goal disallowed for a part of his body which can’t put the ball in the net anyway!“They’ve given it offside for his arm but the only reason his arm is out is because he’s getting fouled by.
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