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\nMichail Antonio became West Ham\u2019s outright top scorer in the Premier League in a dominant victory for the Hammers over 10-man Leicester City at London Stadium.
\nAntonio celebrated by lifting a cardboard cut-out of himself after scoring his 48th top-flight goal to break Paolo di Canio\u2019s club record.
\nThe 31-year-old added a second four minutes later to wrap up an impressive win for David Moyes\u2019 side.
\nIt is only the second time the Hammers have won their opening two fixtures of a Premier League campaign.
\nPablo Fornals and Said Benrahma scored West Ham\u2019s first two goals either side of Ayoze Perez\u2019s dismissal for a stamp on goalscorer Fornals.
\nYouri Tielemans had briefly given the visitors hope at 2-1 before Antonio\u2019s late double.
\nBrendan Rodgers put it mildly when he said his side were \u201cvery light\u201d at the back in his pre-match interview, with new signing Jannik Vestergaard joining Wesley Fofana, James Justin, Ryan Bertrand, Jonny Evans and Nampalys Mendy on the sidelines.
\nThe makeshift Foxes defence was finally undone by West Ham on 26 minutes when Fornals scored his third goal in as many league games for the Hammers.
\nThe Spaniard played a quick one-two with Benrahma on the left before continuing his run into the box, sweeping past Kasper Schmeichel with a first-time finish from 10 yards.
\nThere was calamitous defending from Caglar Soyuncu for West Ham\u2019s second as the Turkey international\u2019s sloppy backpass was intercepted by the unselfish Antonio, who crossed for Benrahma to fire past Schmeichel from 12 yards.
\nAntonio had drawn level with Di Canio courtesy of his strike at Newcastle in West Ham\u2019s season opener, but it seemed as if he would have to wait for his moment of glory as he saw five chances go begging.
\nBut after holding off Soyuncu in the box from Declan Rice\u2019s cross, Antonio turned past the centre-back and found the bottom corner.
\nHis night was not over yet. As a packed London Stadium chanted \u2018ole\u2019 with each Hammers pass, Antonio capped off a near-perfect evening as he flicked the ball above two Leicester defenders, before beating them both on the turn and stabbing past Schmeichel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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