Arthur Masuaku has admitted he did not mean to shoot for West Ham’s fortunate late winner.
As debate raged over his intentions among fans and pundits, the Congolese defender tweeted: ‘So, was it a cross or was it a shot? (hint: I was as surprised as you).’
Hammers boss David Moyes conceded that Masuaku got ‘lucky’ with the cross that flew past Edouard Mendy in the 87th minute but felt his side deserved the break.
‘It was a great cross!’ joked Moyes.
‘You have to get the ball in the box and we’ve all seen other types of goals from crosses where it has dipped over the goalkeeper in at the back post.
‘I think we have to say it is a bit of a lucky goal. You have to take what you get in football and today we got that goal to win.’
West Ham also beat Chelsea’s fellow title contenders, Liverpool, 3-2 a month ago.
Moyes added: ‘I thought we played better against Liverpool. We didn’t play well enough in the first half today but I thought in the second half we improved greatly and that gave us a real chance.’
pimdekno
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Lukaku already won this season gold boot award ✊️😋😋
AjisolaOluwatuyi06
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Mendy nowadays
Jordon4u
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He had to confuse himself to confuse Mendy
ELIKEMSAM
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Was the same as Messi working in the FARM and all of a sudden, he was informed he won the Balloon D'or
Lien_Meizap
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Not many gonna talk about Chelsea losing...if it was MUFC they would flood the internet
YoUTDd4life
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AjisolaOluwatuyi06
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Chelsea fans whenever they watch this strike
Homckln
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mysticroosh
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who remembered when saka scored against Mendy last season and said the same thing he didn't meant to shoot now is up to musaku .next season we'll still see a great one again against Mendy with same excuse let's get ready boys 🥰