City overtake Chelsea with a 2-1 win against Everton
West Ham fail to beat Leicester to keep them bottom
For a while the mood was buoyant in Dagenham as West Ham fans felt their early season woes were finally lifting. Leading Leicester with four minutes to play, news filtered through that Liverpool had conceded a 93rd-minute equaliser to share the points with Brighton in a 1-1 draw. It meant that three points would lift the Hammers off the bottom of the table for the first time this season.
Both Rehanne Skinner’s and Gareth Taylor’s teams have been in lockstep and they somehow contrived to mirror each other once again. As their relegation rivals had done minutes earlier, the Hammers’ conceded in the 97th minute to burst their supporters’ bubble and drop two points in a 1-1 draw, ensuring the parity between the two continued.
Both sides have been rooted to the bottom for the first seven weeks of the season, both losing all seven games, unable to find rewards despite improving performances, and both managers will be at a loss to how their first wins of the season eluded them once again.
