Jaw-dropping European win
Jesse Lingard keeps up flying form as West Ham topple Leicester
by Paul Donovan
West Ham United's Jesse Lingard celebrates scoring their side's first goal of the game
Johnny Sexton appointed as an assistant coach
WEST HAM kept up their challenge for a place in the top four with this hard-fought win over Champions League place rivals Leicester City.
The home team quickly took control of the game, with loanee Jesse Lingard instrumental in most of their best creative moves.
It was Lingard who put the home team ahead on the half hour, sweeping home from the edge of the area after a Vladimir Coufal cross.
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