West Ham beats Swansea in top-of-the-table tussle
West Ham closed the gap on EFL Championship leader Swansea City to just one point after a narrow 1-0 victory against the division's pacesetter in Wales.
Divine Mukasa was the match-winner for West Ham, slamming in from near the penalty spot after a clever pass from Mohamadou Kante.
It was a tight contest, with Swansea's main threat came from set-pieces, but the Hammers edged it in the end, leaving boss Nuno Espirito Santo pleased with what he saw.
"I think the players did a very good job. Overall, a very good performance, organised, creating chances, also we had luck in moments," he said.
"Swansea are a very good team; they are fast, dynamic, it's not easy to control them, but overall I think we were organised and caused a lot of problems too.
"It was a very entertaining game, very intense; it was a nice football match.
"There were some amazing saves, maybe because of my past [as a goalkeeper] I always credit them, but they were some amazing saves [from Lawrence Vigouroux].
"I think we are building momentum. The table is important but more important is how we keep improving. I still believe there are a lot of things we should have done better."
Elsewhere in the Championship, Middlesbrough failed to go top after being held to a 2-2 draw with Cardiff City.
Boro was 2-0 down at half-time, but Tommy Conway and Will Lankshear scored after the break to salvage a vital draw that keeps it in touch with the top two and level on points with West Ham.
