West Ham 3-1 Leeds: West Ham United have pushed Leeds United deeper into trouble. After the defeat in London, relegation from the Premier League is very close for The Whites. Brighton & Hove Albion took the next big step towards Europa League placement against Southampton, who had already been relegated.
West Ham has got the hang of it, Brighton celebrates a European first
Three days after the victory in Alkmaar (0-1) that led to qualification for the Conference League final, David Moyes did not slow down. The West Ham manager was able to do his old club Everton a great service by winning against Leeds and let his star players start. Nevertheless, Leeds took the lead in the seventeenth minute. That also happened in a beautiful way. From a very long throw-in by Weston McKennie, Rodrigo scored with a volley: 0-1.
That goal created a great mood for Sam Allardyce, the Leeds crisis manager who was still enjoying his visit to his old club at the time. Finding a coin along the sideline shortly after the opening goal led to even more fun for Big Sam.
The mood of the English coach changed after half an hour. Declan Rice made it 1-1 at the far post from a cross from Jarrod Bowen. It was a great moment for the coveted West Ham captain, who scored in what was probably his last home game for The Hammers. Rice has been heavily linked to Arsenal. Another player who often manages to rise above mediocrity at West Ham is Jarrod Bowen. The England international made it 2-1 from a through ball from Danny Ings by beating Joel Robles in the far corner.
Manuel Lanzini’s 3-1 goal in extra time meant the final blow for Leeds, which are eighteenth with one round to go and are therefore in danger of falling back to the second tier. The deficit at number seventeen Everton is two points.
Brighton 3-1 Southampton
Brighton & Hove Albion has received many compliments in recent months for the eye-catching field game, but has been hit and miss in recent weeks. After big defeats against Everton and Newcastle United, with a great win at Arsenal in between, The Seagulls had another good day on Sunday. Evan Ferguson opened the scoring in the 29th minute with a hard and low shot, which surprised goalkeeper Alex McCarthy. The eighteen-year-old striker from Ireland already made it 2-0 in the fortieth minute after a beautiful pass from Kaoru Mitoma.
On May 13, relegation became final for Southampton, which still showed some resilience in Brighton. Mohamed Elyounoussi made the connection goal on a pass from James Ward-Prowse, but The Saints got no further. Pascal Gross determined the final score in the 69th minute at 3-1. After the victory, the mood will be very good at Brighton, where Joël Veltman played more than seventy minutes and Jean-Paul van Hecke remained a reserve. The sixth place, which entitles to participation in the group stage of the Europa League. Can hardly escape the team of the acclaimed Roberto De Zerbi. Brighton will finish in the top seven after this victory anyway. And will enter Europe for the first time in club history.
