On This Day: Hammers see out 2021 in style with Watford win

Taking a look back at a classic West Ham United moment on this day in history, presented by Heineken...

West Ham United concluded a strong calendar year in style with an outstanding 4-1 win over Watford at Vicarage Road on this day in 2021.

David Moyes' Irons dominated the Premier League new boys in their final fixture of the year, but fell behind to a moment of quality inside the first five minutes from the Hornets' Emmanuel Dennis, who skipped inside Craig Dawson before firing home.

But as they did so often that season, the Hammers mounted a spirited response and took command of the game, with Tomáš Souček firing home a cute first-time finish from inside the area before Said Benrahma tucked away Michail Antonio's square ball.

A pair of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) calls at the beginning of the second half then saw Jarrod Bowen disallowed a goal, but the same player awarded a penalty which Mark Noble calmly converted to move level with Paolo di Canio as the Irons' joint-second highest Premier League goalscorer on 47 strikes.

And the perfect day in Hertfordshire culminated in Bowen beating his man and squaring for second-half substitute Nikola Vlašić to tap in the simplest of finishes for his first West Ham goal.

Enjoy the goals again in the video player above.


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