West Ham missed the chance to significantly close the gap to safety after being held to a 0-0 draw at home by Bournemouth.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s sideare now two points behind Nottingham Forest, who host Liverpool on Sunday, and four behind Tottenham ahead of the north London derby with Arsenal, live on Sky Sports.
West Ham racked up an expected goals total of 2.82 from 20 shots, although only three were on target and they couldn’t find a way past goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic, who made a crucial late save from former Bournemouth striker Callum Wilson’s toe-poked effort.
Bournemouth, now unbeaten in seven league games, had four shots on target, yet their best moment came at the end of winger Rayan’s driving run from inside his own half during the second period, which ended with his shot clipping the outside of the left post.
Crysencio Summerville was West Ham’s brightest player. His speed and unpredictability caused Bournemouth problems throughout as his deflected shot late on landed on the roof of the net.
West Ham striker Taty Castellanos also went close in the second half, with his powerful overhead kick missing the target before Jarrod Bowen fired over deep into stoppage time from close range to compound a frustrating evening for the hosts.
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Bowen: We had the chances to win
West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen told Sky Sports:
“We played with energy and created some chances. It is a point, but we could have turned that into three points which would have been ideal.
“We take every point in this situation and take the positives from the performance.
“We need points but you also need performances to go with it, and we didn’t lose the game. That’s important. We’ve had games this season where we played ok and lost because of a loss of frustration.
“I think we had the chances to go and take three points. We need confidence but also results.”