West Ham striker Lucas Perez had not scored in the Premier League for 700 days prior to his brace against CardiffLucas Perez came off the bench to score twice as West Ham comfortably beat Cardiff at London Stadium in the Premier League. Perez, who replaced the injured Marko Arnautovic in the first half, struck twice in nine minutes at the start of the second. West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski had saved a first-half penalty from Joe Ralls. Cardiff's stoppage-time goal came when Fabianski flapped at a corner and his defenders failed to clear before Murphy bundled the ball over the line. West Ham, who recorded consecutive league wins for the first time since January 2017, face five more teams in the bottom half of the table in December.

Source: BBC December 03, 2018 17:26 UTC