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Payet breaks Stanley hearts
- Updated: September 21, 2016
Dimitri Payet’s last-gasp free-kick earned struggling West Ham a 1-0 home win over Accrington in the EFL Cup on Wednesday.
The Hammers, reeling from four straight defeats in all competitions and amid a backdrop of discontent at their new stadium, were down to 10 men and heading for extra time against the Sky Bet League Two side.
Worse still, they were looking comfortably second best against a team 61 places below them in the League.
But Payet, on as a half-time substitute, spared their blushes with a trademark free-kick from 25 yards to send Slaven Bilic’s side through.
It has been an unhappy start to life at the London Stadium for the Hammers, but the club have taken steps to avoid the crowd trouble which marred the recent Watford game by relocating fans and improving the stewarding.
However, the promised beefed-up segregation between home and away support appeared to amount to a slightly wider claret curtain draped over the seats.
There …
