West Ham United 1-1 Stoke City

Stoke City boss Paul Lambert said he « can now not quiz for to any extent additional effort » from his avid gamers after Andy Carroll’s dramatic unhurried equaliser for West Ham took the Potters closer to relegation.

The Hammers are if truth be told seven parts sure of the relegation zone, with Stoke five parts adrift of safety with Four video games left.

Stoke looked jam for a most foremost safe in 10 video games when Peter Crouch took profit of Joe Hart’s fumble to win.

But fellow change Carroll, in his first look since January, volleyed dwelling a closing-minute equaliser from Aaron Cresswell’s depraved.

Despite easiest winning the most foremost of his 11 video games accountable since changing the sacked Designate Hughes in January, Lambert thinks his aspect would be certainties to now stay conscious in the event they’d played love this for the final of the selling and marketing and marketing campaign.

« If the group had been playing love that in the starting up up of the season, I would now not be here – and so they would not be in the enviornment they’re in, » he said.

« I composed deem we need three wins. If we can win a puny destroy on Sunday against Burnley, we’re undoubtedly in with a battle. »

The Hammers procedure they had received the game when Javier Hernandez scored in damage time, but it undoubtedly became once disallowed for a Carroll handball in the manufacture-up.

It became once the 0.33 procedure they had dominated out in the game. On the most foremost occasion, Marko Arnautovic became once offside when he headed dwelling – after which he became once interfering with play from Edimilson Fernandes’ shot.

All three decisions were true calls by referee Michael Oliver, following a cosmopolitan few days wherein he and his spouse enjoy been abused after he awarded Steady Madrid a closing-minute penalty against Juventus and despatched off Gianluigi Buffon in the Champions League on Wednesday.

With every aspects’ Premier League locations in jeopardy, it became once a hotly contested sport for the apt to manage with – the match produced 36 fouls, the joint-perfect in a Premier League sport this season.

« I deem he’s a terribly top referee, » said Lambert. « He got unfairly criticised from a form of quarters. He had a true sport at present time. »

Is Stoke’s 10-year Premier League discontinuance coming to an discontinue?

Stoke City felt they were unlucky in newest defeats by Arsenal and Tottenham, and manager Lambert said sooner than the game they needed to win « one thing » at London Stadium. But this is able to maybe well feel love one other loss, having attain so shut to easiest a second safe in his reign.

They did now not enjoy too many sure goalscoring potentialities with Ramadan Sobhi, Moritz Bauer and Mame Biram Diouf all producing easy saves from Joe Hart in the most foremost 1/2.

Stoke’s easiest likelihood – bar the procedure – got here moments after Arnautovic’s disallowed procedure when Diouf blazed over from six yards out.

Lambert needed to be plucky and he became once when he triggered 37-year-outdated Crouch for Bauer, who became once playing in midfield but will most likely be a defender.

It looked as if it had paid off in some vogue when Hart spilled Xherdan Shaqiri’s shot and Crouch turned in from shut differ.

Stoke enjoy been in the Premier League for 10 years – and Crouch’s procedure made him the Potters’ top scorer in that spell, with strike quantity 44 taking him past Jon Walters.

But except they enjoy got a turnaround in fortune in the closing Four video games, he will now not enjoy many extra potentialities to extend that file.

Has Carroll saved West Ham?

West Ham are if truth be told seven parts above the relegation zone – it will enjoy been Four but for Carroll’s unhurried intervention.

Simply as Lambert gambled to bring on Crouch, Hammers boss David Moyes did the linked when he launched the England striker, who had now not played since January due to of an ankle damage, in the 86th minute.

Four minutes later, the 29-year-outdated became once celebrating an most attention-grabbing equaliser as he swung a boot at Cresswell’s depraved from shut to the penalty bid.

The total Hammers’ three disallowed objectives regarded aesthetic decisions. Arnautovic, a extinct Potters participant, became once true offside when he headed in Cresswell’s shot.

He became once then standing in Jack Butland’s eyeline when Fernandes scored from distance. And Carroll did seem to alter the ball with his arm sooner than laying it off to fellow change Hernandez.

‘We bossed the massive majority of the game’

West Ham are if truth be told on 35 parts, and Moyes is surroundings a target of Forty for survival.

« We undoubtedly did not have to lose, » he said. « If we did, the soccer gods in actuality would be against us. We bossed the massive majority of the game. Within the most foremost, we played effectively and were on top when they got their procedure.

« I’m at ease now we enjoy got got people off the bench who can create a disagreement – now we enjoy got now not consistently had the depth this season. I procedure Javier Hernandez and Manuel Lanzini helped, the final avid gamers enjoy played effectively.

« Joe Hart confronted a few linked pictures in the most foremost 1/2 and he gathered them easily, so it is miles unhappy that one bounced up and caught him out [for Crouch’s goal]. Up till then we hadn’t been threatened a full bunch.

« You consistently deem Forty parts is safe. A quantity of golf equipment admire love they received’t be ready to win that, confidently we bear as quickly as we can. »

‘Tonight will cement the loss of Stoke’s Premier League scheme’

BBC Radio 5 are living’s Chris Sutton, extinct Blackburn and Celtic striker

David Moyes has accomplished a true, dependable job at West Ham. You easiest must admire at what he took on. They true must win to the tip of the season after which once more they now stay conscious – by a procedure or no topic – write this season off and plod once more. He must composed be given the opportunity to head once more subsequent season.

Their damage checklist has been out of the ordinary this season. They’ve been patched up, scrapping and scrambling. Staying in the Premier League would be a triumph.

It could maybe truly maybe well well enjoy been a threat striking Andy Carroll on the bench, he has been out thirteen video games. It showed it became once the aesthetic name. A fit Carroll is a handful for many defences. There enjoy been plucky calls from every managers, but they every got them aesthetic.

Paul Lambert will most likely be despairing. What an opportunity – ahead in the old brief while. It’s two parts lost and I deem tonight will cement the loss of their Premier League scheme.

Man of the match – Aaron Cresswell (West Ham)

Put up-match stats – Stoke’s London woes

• West Ham enjoy lost easiest one of their past seven dwelling video games in the Premier League (W3 D3), having lost three of the six sooner than that (W1 D2)
• Stoke are with out a safe on their closing 19 Premier League visits to London, drawing seven and losing 12.
• The 36 fouls is the joint-perfect tally in a Premier League sport this season with Chelsea v Man Utd on 5 November.
• Crouch is now on sixteen change objectives in the Premier League (level with Javier Hernandez); easiest Four avid gamers enjoy extra (Defoe 24, Giroud 19, Kanu 17 and Solskjaer 17).
• Andy Carroll has scored three objectives in his closing three Premier League appearances.

What’s subsequent?

Stoke City are at dwelling to Europa League-chasing Burnley on Sunday (thirteen:30 BST), while West Ham consult with Arsenal at the linked time.