
WEST HAM made hard work of securing Monday night’s home victory over Bournemouth at the London Stadium.
Lacking the subtle touches of injured midfielder Luis Paqueta, West Ham spent too much time going back and across, rather than forward.
The inventive touches on the night came from Said Benrahma, aided by striker Gianluca Scamacca.

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From Gaza protest bans to proscribing Palestine Action, political elites are showing a crisis of confidence as they abandon Roy Jenkins’s apologetic approach for Suella Braverman’s aggressive ‘hate march’ rhetoric, writes PAUL DONOVAN

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