Match Report Hammers fall to Leicester City defeat West Ham ...

At the other end, a looping header from substitute Lucas Paquetá was just too high, before Crysencio Summerville’s effort from Bowen’s cut-back was remarkably cleared off the line by Conor Coady. 

For all West Ham’s pressure, it was Leicester who next had the ball in the net. Buonanotte teed the ball up for Patson Daka, whose shot was saved, but only as far as Bobby De Cordova-Reid, who tapped home into an empty net. However, the celebrations were curtailed by an offside flag against Buonanotte, a tight decision backed up after another lengthy VAR check. 

However, VAR couldn’t save the Hammers nine minutes later, with a goal that was far too simple in its execution, from a West Ham perspective. It was all Daka's own work as he charged down the left channel beyond Maximilian Kilman, before blasting the ball into the roof of the net.

One positive on a night of disappointment was substitute Füllkrug’s first West Ham goal, as he headed home in stoppage time to net a consolation.

Leicester City: Hermansen, Justin, Coady, Vestergaard (Faes 60), Kristiansen, Ndidi, Soumaré, McAteer (Mavididi 74), El Khannouss (De Cordova Reid 74), Buonanotte (Ayew 90+1), Vardy © (Daka 60)Subs not used: Ward (GK), Okoli, Skipp, Thomas

Goals: Vardy 2, El Khannouss 61, Daka 90

Booked: Soumaré, Vardy 

West Ham United: Fabiański, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Coufal (Emerson 62), Soler (Paquetá 62), Souček (Antonio 62), Álvarez, Kudus (Füllkrug 79), Bowen ©, Ings (Summerville 46)Subs not used: Foderingham (GK), Casey, Rodríguez, Luis Guilherme

Goal: Füllkrug 90+3

Booked: Coufal, Álvarez

Referee: Josh Smith