West Ham losing run goes on

West Ham fell to a fourth consecutive Premier League defeat on Sunday afternoon as they were beaten 3-0 by Southampton.

Slaven Bilic had made just two changes from the 4-2 defeat to West Brom last weekend, but went behind in the 40th minute after the in-form Charlie Austin scored his fifth goal in four games in all competitions for the Saints.

The visitors then doubled their lead just after the hour mark as Dusan Tadic nicked past goalkeeper Adrian and tapped into an open net before James Ward-Prowse rounded off the scoring in the second minute of injury time. 

West Ham remain in the relegation places, sitting in 18th on three points, while Southampton move up to ninth with eight points after their victory.

The first half was a mostly quiet affair with neither side having many clear-cut chances, although West Ham did have a penalty appeal turned down in the 17th minute when Simone Zaza went down under pressure from Cedric Soares but referee Jon Moss waved away the calls.

Twenty minutes later, the first chance of the half emerged as Dimitri Payet knocked in a corner that was headed on by Zaza at the …

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