JOE HART’S MISTAKE in West Ham’s 1-1 Premier League draw with Stoke City came as a surprise to manager David Moyes.
Hart failed to gather a shot from Xherdan Shaqiri and was second to the rebound as substitute Peter Crouch pounced to put Stoke in front at London Stadium on Monday.
Andy Carroll’s volley salvaged a point for Moyes’ men but Hart will be in the spotlight after a second mistake in four games since being restored to the West Ham team.
While the goalkeeper impressed in a 1-1 draw at Chelsea, Hart was at fault for one of Burnley’s goals in a 3-0 home defeat last month.
Hart appears set to be included in Gareth Southgate’s England squad for the World Cup, despite playing second fiddle to Adrian for much of the Premier League season.
And Moyes accepted he did not expect Hart — on loan from Manchester City — to be at fault as relegation-threatened Stoke took the lead.
“He had two very similar shots in the first half,” Moyes told a news conference. “So it was a surprise that it spilled out. If you’re a goalkeeper, it’s going to happen [mistakes].
I said after he made great saves at Chelsea ‘well done’. Just like tonight, I’ll tell him he should have done better.”
West Ham have taken five points from their last three matches and sit seven points above the relegation zone, but Moyes is not convinced his side are assured of a place in next season’s Premier League.
“If you get to 40 points, then it’ll be close,” the Scot said. ”We want 40.”
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I was in Croker on Sunday screaming my throat raw for the Rebels, but hats off to the Dubs, they have a quality team. Some fantastic play and lovely scores out of them. Actually thought they had the winning of it till the sending off. Even then, they were dangerous till the end.
Look forward to seeing more of them next year.
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Michele
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So pleased Cork won. All this hype about Dublin teams gives me a pain in the colon::-)
John. With respect…you haven’t a clue about hurling…to make a comment like that…this year will be remembered ..in the same regard as the mid nineties.. ..a great year for gaa..
Did u read any of the papers that week,on the front page of the star there was an article about Dublin hurling and on the back page,it’s bias journalism towards Dublin gaa,always has and always will,when Kerry last won the all Ireland there was a two page article about Dublin football in the Sunday world,tell me any losing team in a final that gets more coverage than a winning team
Most of the media coverage this week has all been about Dublin hurling,people would swear that they beat Cork,teams that beat Dublin in hurling and football never get the proper recognition,
Im sure the rebels will get plenty of recognition if they bring back liam to cork town !
john so true! and same after the Kilkenny game but it doesn’t really matter when Liam comes home in Srptember!!!!
Really hope Clare win Liam now
This fella griffiths has ideas about himself. Lots of ideas
I thought it was more of a semi-colon, myself.