adminJUSSI Jaaskelainen produced several brilliant saves as West Ham came away from Premier League rivals Southampton with a fortunate point.The 38-year-old denied Dani Osvaldo, Morgan Schneiderlin and Rickie Lambert with three spectacular stops in a match dominated by the Saints.
Jaaskelainen also tipped over Victor Wanyama’s strike, while Lambert saw his header bounce back off the post.
James Collins wasted a glorious chance for West Ham in the closing stages. That effort was the Hammers’ clearest opportunity of the match and summed up their profligacy in front of goal. Sam Allardyce’s men have now only managed six shots on target in the league all season and have not scored since the opening day.
Southampton supporters would have been left frustrated by their players’ inability to breach the last line of defence, although they would have been pleased with the overall performance.
They twice caused panic among the visiting defence inside the first 15 minutes with surges down right.
Results
Southampton 0 – 0 West Ham, Tottenham 2 – 0 Norwich, Sunderland 1 – 3 Arsenal, Stoke 0 – 0 Manchester City, Manchester United 2 – 0 Crystal Palace, Hull 1 – 1 Cardiff, Fulham 1 – 1 West Brom, Everton 1 – 0 Chelsea, Aston Villa 1 – 2 Newcastle-Soccernet.
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