Premier League, Upton Park: West Ham 2 (Sakho 33, Koyate 90+3) Norwich City 2 (Brady 9, Redmond 83)
Cheikhou Kouyate saved a dramatic point for West Ham against Norwich with a late injury-time goal in a 2-2 draw at Upton Park.
Robbie Brady opened the scoring after just nine minutes following an embarrassing error from Mark Noble. He attempted to play it square to James Tomkins but the pass failed to reach its intended target, with Robbie Brady nipping in to tuck it away.
West Ham hit back, though, and finished the first half much the brighter. Diafra Sakho started and finished the move for the equaliser, playing a ball to the right for Dimitri Payet to run down the wing, and then making his way into the box to tap it home.
Substitute Nathan Redmond fired through a crowded penalty box with seven minutes remaining to leave Norwich confident they had wrapped up the points.
But Kouyate managed the same with just 80 seconds left on the clock, steering the ball home and clawing back a share of the spoils.
KEY MOMENTS
9’ - GOAL! Terrible ball from Noble, ostensibly towards Tomkins but Brady gets to that first, making the most of that gift and lashing it home.
24’ - CHANCE! Ball in from Brady, and Jerome skews his shot wide - nasty. He really should have scored there, quick off the mark, in plenty of space and through with just the keeper to beat.
33’ - GOAL! Payet makes a good run down the right thanks to a good ball wide from Sakho, who then proceeds en route to the box to knock that home.
55’ PIGEON! Oh, my goodness. This is the most bizarre thing. A pigeon basically drops on to the pitch, and Howson picks it up and carries it off to the sanctuary of the East Stand. Everyone claps, he grins in embarrassed fashion, but that was impressive falconry.
Norwich celebrate - Reuters
62’ - SAVE! Another instinctive save from Adrian - possibly off his face - as Jerome fires that with a rocket.
83’ - GOAL! And substitute Nathan Redmond gets a late goal! He fires through all those people packing the box after the corner kick, and Adrian can't do anything.
90’ - GOAL! A very late equaliser for West Ham courtesy of Kouyate, who promptly dives into the crowd. Another proliferation of bodies in the box and Kouyate steers that in.
KEY STATS
West Ham players have made four errors leading to opposition goals in the PL this season; two more than any other team.
Diafra Sakho has now scored in five of his six Premier League appearances in the month of September.
Norwich City's Cameron Jerome and West Ham's Winston Reid in action - Reuters

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