West Ham turn on second half style to beat Wolves and send Tottenham into drop zone<\/p>\n
West Ham beat fellow strugglers Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 on Friday and dropped Tottenham into the Premier League drop zone for the first time this season.<\/p>\n
Spurs were two points behind the Hammers before heading to Sunderland on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Valentín Castellanos scored twice in three minutes midway through the second half after Konstantinos Mavropanos put the Hammers 1-0 up with a header just before halftime.<\/p>\n
Konstantinos completed the scoring seven minutes from time with an acrobatic volley from a corner kick.<\/p>\n
Wolves remained at the bottom of the league and was almost certain to be relegated.<\/p>\n
Neither side excelled in a forgettable first half but West Ham went in a goal to the good when Mavropanos nodded home a cross from Jarrod Bowen.<\/p>\n
Castellanos made it two after 66 minutes thanks to a deliciously cheeky assist from Pablo and then the same player added a third three minutes later with a low shot that may have been aided by a slight deflection.<\/p>\n
Konstantinos’ fourth was the icing on the cake for the home side that celebrated its first league win in over a month.<\/p>\n
“We are extremely happy,” Hammers coach Nuno Espirito Santo said. “All of us deserve an evening like this, especially our fans. London Stadium was amazing; it was bouncing with energy even in the hard parts when the game was tough.<\/p>\n
“I realize there is still a lot of work to be done yet. We made a big step today, which was important for us, but nothing has changed.”<\/p>\n