West Ham made it two wins out of their two opening Premier League fixtures as they beat Leicester City 4-1 in London. The visitors did themselves no favours as they kept shooting themselves in the foot and rampant Hammers took full advantage with Michal Antonio scoring a couple of late goals to seal the Foxes’ fate.The Hammers showed their lethal touch midway through the first half as they turned a misplaced Leicester pass into a goalscoring chance of their own. A quick counter-attack saw Said Benrahma square the ball from the left-hand side of the area for Pablo Fornals to expertly steer into the far corner and make it 1-0 to the delight of over 60,000 people at London Stadium.Nothing to see here, just Michail Antonio celebrating with a cardboard cut-out of…himself! 😂#WHULEI pic.twitter.com/LXX9MRV6Mq— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) August 23, 2021 The Foxes’ night went from bad to even worse when a mindless tackle of Ayoze Perez earned him a red card and left the visitors short on numbers. It was no more than the Spaniard deserved after going studs up on the goalscorer Fornals in the middle of the park.Benrahma had an easy task to score from a simple Michail Antonio lay-off as yet another mindless Leicester play let to their undoing. Caglar Soyuncu dwelled on a ball for too long, lost control under pressure and tried to play a backpass to his goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. But he never saw that Antonio was lurking between them, ready to intercept it. The big striker then proceeded to play a simple pass to Benrahma to slam into the net.Youri Tielemans made it 2-1 after a Hammers’ lapse in concentration allowed the Belgian to slam home from close range and, out of nothing, drag his team back into the game.Top of the League.#WHULEI pic.twitter.com/wUo9EKSsjv— West Ham United (@WestHam) August 23, 2021 The visitors’ revival was short-lived, however as Antonio got on the scene and fired two goals past Schmeichel in just four minutes to become West Ham’s Premier League highest-ever scorer and utterly humiliate the lifeless Brendan Rodgers’ side.These are good days to be a Hammer!PREMIER LEAGUE – ROUND 2SaturdayLiverpool – Burnley 2-0 (1-0)/Jota 18, Mane 69/Aston Villa – Newcastle 2-0 (1-0)/Ings 45+3, El Ghazi 62 pen/Manchester City – Norwich City 5-0 (2-0)/Krul og 7, Grealish 22, Laporte 64, Sterling 71, Mahrez 84/Crystal Palace – Brentford 0-0Leeds – Everton 2-2 (1-1)/Klich 41, Raphinha 72 – Calvert-Lewin 27 pen, Gray 50/SundaySouthampton – Manchester United 1-1 (1-0)/Fred 30 og – Greenwood 55/Wolverhampton – Tottenham 0-1 (0-1)/Alli 9 pen/Arsenal – Chelsea 0-2 (0-2)/Lukaku 15, James 35/MondayWest Ham United – Leicester 4-1 (1-0)/Fornals 26, Benrahma 56, Antonio 80, 84 – Tielemans 70/
