BY WAY OF LONDON STADIUM - On Sunday afternoon, West Ham overcame a goal down to defeat Leeds 3-1, bringing Sam Allardyce's team that much closer to the relegation zone.
The Hammers appeared to be suffering from some sort of European hangover as they fell down to Rodrigo's thunderous volley but came back spectacularly to surpass Bournemouth and go up to 14th place in the Premier League standings.
Declan Rice, Jarrod Bowen, and Manuel Lanzini scored goals for West Ham. West Ham, which will play Leicester at King Power Stadium on the last day of the season, may need all three points to avoid relegation.
West Ham made six adjustments from the team that triumphed in Alkmaar.
Pablo Fornals, the game's winner, was one of six changes made by West Ham from the team that prevailed in Alkmaar on Thursday night. Sam Allardyce also recalled Adam Forshaw in place of Sam Greenwood and replaced Junior Firpo, who was suspended, with Pascal Struijk.
Additionally, Allardyce's team got off to a faster start. In the first five minutes, Patrick Bamford twice went in behind Kurt Zouma before Jack Harrison forced Lukasz Fabianski to make the game's first save.
West Ham, who was lethargic throughout the game, slept off after a throw-in as a result of Leeds' pressure, which led to the game's first goal. Unmarked Rodrigo volleyed Weston McKennie's long throw into the box into the top corner as the home defense stood by and watched.
It was the Spaniard's 12th Premier League goal of the campaign for Leeds, but when West Ham awoke from their slumber, the game's momentum quickly turned back in their favor.
Rice had earlier attempted to score from 25 yards out against Joel Robles, but his equalizing goal came just after the half-hour mark thanks to some outstanding teamwork by Bowen and Fornals.
