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Football News: West Ham stun Chelsea, Arsenal ease past Norwich in Premier League

Andriy Yarmolenko stepped off the bench to hit the winner as West Ham shrugged off VAR controversy to beat Chelsea 3-2 and give their Premier League survival hopes a huge boost. The Hammers had controversially been denied an opener when Tomas Soucek's strike was scrubbed out by VAR but battled back from Willian's 42nd minute penalty to lead when Soucek and Michail Antonio netted either side of the break. However, a superb free-kick from Willian in the 72nd minute looked to have shared the points until West Ham broke away and Antonio teed up Yarmolenko to cut past Antonio Rudiger to fire home in the 89th minute. That goal sealed just the third win of David Moyes' second tenure at West Ham and lifts the Hammers three points above the relegation zone with six games remaining. Chelsea, meanwhile, will be frustrated at failing to capitalise on Leicester's loss to Everton earlier in the day, when a win in east London would have moved them up to third. Elsewhere, Arsenal boosted their chances of securing European football for next season with a comprehensive 4-0 win over relegation-threatened Norwich. The Gunners again benefited from some poor goalkeeping as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang capitalised on Tim Krul's error to open the scoring before Granit Xhaka finished a fine move to double his side's advantage at the break Aubameyang extended the lead after the break with his 19th Premier League goal of the season, before Cedric Soares made an instant impact on his Arsenal debut to seal a big win for Mikel Arteta's side.

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  • Released : 02-Jul-2020

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