Report

King atones for penalty miss with hat-trick

11 Mar 2017

AFC Bournemouth earn late 3-2 win against West Ham despite missing two spot-kicks

Joshua King scored a hat-trick as AFC Bournemouth atoned for two missed penalties with a 3-2 victory over West Ham United at Vitality Stadium.

King dragged a spot-kick wide and moments later Sofiane Feghouli teed up Michail Antonio to find the bottom corner for West Ham's opener.

First win of 2017 ✅
Six points off the bottom three ✅
Sixth time we've scored three or more this season ✅

A great day!#afcb 🍒 pic.twitter.com/yDxbTCYdco
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) March 11, 2017

King controlled and finished to level on 31 minutes and then put the Cherries ahead either side of Darren Randolph’s save from Benik Afobe’s penalty.

Substitute Andre Ayew equalised for West Ham from Sam Byram’s cut-back with seven minutes remaining, but King sealed AFC Bournemouth's first win of 2017 when he followed up Jack Wilshere’s saved effort in the 90th minute.

See: AFC Bournemouth report | West Ham report