'A great goal' - West Ham captain hails Watford talisman Dennis after 8th strike
Published: December 28, 2021
West Ham captain Mark Noble has labelled Emmanuel Dennis' early strike in the Hammers' 4-1 rout of Watford a great goal.
The Hornets suffered their fifth successive loss in the Premier League on Tuesday evening despite their Nigerian talisman giving them the lead in the fourth minute.
Dennis fired a rising shot into the top corner to break the deadlock after evading the challenge of Craig Dawson, taking his tally in the top-flight to eight goals in the process.
Tomas Soucek popped up to put the finishing touch to a flowing move in the 27th minute and then Said Benrahma with the aid of a deflection shortly after that ensured that West Ham went into the break with a 2-1 lead.
In the second half, Noble converted
a penalty in the 58th minute to put West Ham in the comfort zone and
Nikola Vlasic with an easy finish wrapped up the scoring in stoppage
time.
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Speaking to BBC Sport post-match, the Hammers captain said : "I think it was always going to be tough here because we had a lot of players here who played two days ago and Watford had a lot of time off with Covid issues.
"They started with a great goal for Dennis but then I think we controlled the half and deserved to go 2-1 up."
Only Liverpool's Egypt winger Mohamed Salah (24) has had more goal involvements than Dennis (13) in the Premier League so far this season.
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