Bournemouth, one of the clubs too close to the bottom three for comfort, eased their relegation fears as Joshua King netted a hat-trick in a 3-2 home win over West Ham United. Bournemouth missed two penalties and looked to have been denied their first win of 2017 when substitute Andre Ayew equalised for West Ham in the 83rd minute. "In those circumstances the main emotion is relief," said Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe, whose side are six points clear of the drop zone. Silva has presided over three league wins and with home games against West Ham, Watford, Middlesbrough and Sunderland on the horizon hopes are rising that he can keep Hull up. "It was a tough, tough game.

Source: thestar March 11, 2017 19:18 UTC