West Ham United completed an impressive 3-1 come-from-behind victory on the road against Bournemouth.
Harry Arter opened the scoring on 17 minutes with a fine curling long-range effort from 25 yards that deceived Adrian in goal.
West Ham United responded strongly in the second half through the inspiration of Dimitri Payet.
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On 67 minutes he scored one of the most inch-perfect free-kicks you’re ever likely to see, curling it above the wall and beyond a helpless Artur Boruc.
And seven minutes later the away side took the lead when Payet turned two Bournemouth defenders inside out, got to the byline and squared it for Enner Valencia to finish with aplomb from close-range.
The Ecuador international sealed the match on 84 minutes with a wonderfully disguised free-kick from an acute angle on the edge of the box, which left Boruc rooted to the spot.
Here are some of the best reactions from Twitter:
Bournemouth 1-3 West Ham FT: Shots: 11-10 Pass accuracy: 77%-76% Chances created: 9-3 Crosses: 10-17 pic.twitter.com/emS5JhP9zO
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 12, 2016
2 – West Ham have scored an average of 2.0 goals per PL game when Dimitri Payet plays this season, compared to 0.7 when he hasn’t. Fulcrum.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) January 12, 2016
#BOU 1-3 #WHUFC – West Ham are unbeaten in the last eight PL matches. Payet’s price tag goes up even further. pic.twitter.com/mC71GbwY5Z
— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) January 12, 2016
Dimitri Payet went over to the West Ham end at full time, hit the West Ham badge with his fist and bowed down to the fans. What a man.
— West Ham Central (@WestHam_Central) January 12, 2016
Best 30 minutes by Valencia in a year. Still got a lot to prove, and a big slice of that £12m to pay back. Hope he does. #whufc
— AllSportsView (@AllSportsView) January 12, 2016
Five points from safety. #WHUFC
— David Bryn Evans (@Upton_Scar) January 12, 2016
What’s going on? Everyone expecting us to start losing as its gone Christmas. Not this season. Because WE’VE GOT PAYET, DIMITRI PAYET #whufc
— AllLondonCabbie (@AllLondonCabbie) January 12, 2016
Wow! 2 quality free kicks from West Ham tonight, surely Payet has to be the deal of the summer! Class player for West Ham #WHUFC
— Harry Corbett (@harry_corbett99) January 12, 2016
Also loved the way even after taking the lead, we kept going and looking for another. Great result! #WHUFC
— tonyhammer (@tonyhammer1) January 12, 2016
Fair dos Slaven Bilic. Another great result for West Ham at Bournemouth. Looking strong contenders now for top ten, maybe even top 6? #WHUFC
— Ian Stafford (@IanStaffs) January 12, 2016
West Ham are now unbeaten in 8 games (Win 3 Draw 5) – their longest unbeaten run in PL since Dec 2000
— Femi Obong-Daniels (@FemiCoolfm) January 12, 2016
A fantastic comeback. In Dimitri Payet we have a quite wonderful footballer. I just don’t think Bournemouth understood.
— Vinny Ryan (@vinnywhufc) January 12, 2016
Should be a great trip home from the seaside for the Hammers fans ? #COYI
— Trevor Sinclair (@trevor8sinclair) January 12, 2016
All those draws yet only 7 points off top spot. Amazing #whufc – I fuckin’ love you, Slaven you handsome, managerial genius bastard.
— James Davis (@MrJamesDavis) January 12, 2016
Last year our CAMs were Downing and Nolan. This year we have Payet and Lanzini. #WHUFC
— TheIronQ (@TheIronQ) January 12, 2016
West Ham has had so many players scoring direct from free kicks – Payet, Valencia, Zarate, Lanzini and Cresswell! #WHUFC
— WHU_Opinions (@WHU_Opinions) January 12, 2016
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