Jesse Lingard continued his brilliant form since arriving at the London Stadium with two goals as West Ham United climbed back into the fourth spot in the Premier League with a 3-2 victory over third-placed Leicester City on Sunday.
Lingard took his tally for the Hammers to eight goals with two strikes before halftime.
When Jarrod Bowen made it 3-0 shortly after the interval and Issa Diop's effort was ruled out for offside, the home side were rampant at the London Stadium.
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But what happened after that suggests West Ham fans will need to strap themselves in for the remaining seven games of the season as once again they turned a position of comfort into one requiring extra sets of fingernails.
Leicester, weakened by the absence of Ayoze Perez, James Maddison and Hamza Choudhury who were omitted for a breach of COVID-19 protocols, finally began to show the intensity required and got a lifeline when Kelechi Iheanacho fired home with 20 minutes left.
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