Brighton Hammer West Ham 2-0
Brighton scored two goals from two shots on target to maintain their unbeaten start to the season with victory at West Ham, who remain without a league goal or a point.
Alexis Mac Allister scored the opener from the penalty spot after West Ham summer signing Thilo Kehrer brought down Danny Welbeck just inside the area on his Premier League debut.
The Hammers started the second half brightly but were undone when Leandro Trossard latched on to Pascal Gross’s flick to inflict a third straight league defeat on the hosts.
Afterwards, Hammers boss David Moyes said he was “concerned” by his side’s start to the campaign.
“We’ve not quite got everything in place,” he said. “Hopefully our quality will show through in the coming weeks.”
To say alarm bells were ringing would be “too strong”, Moyes added. “We finished seventh, then sixth, and we take positives from that. We’ve lost a wee bit. We need to get away from that position.
“Last year we were one of the top goalscorers. But we are struggling a bit for goals. We’re aware we are not as free-flowing as we have been.
“I am concerned, but also I’m having to bed people in.”
West Ham have now had 38 shots in their opening three league games without scoring a goal.
They had their chances on Sunday, but Aaron Cresswell’s fierce effort was well blocked by Joel Veltman, before Robert Sanchez produced two acrobatic saves late on to keep out two Tomas Soucek headers.
Meanwhile, Brighton have equalled their longest unbeaten run in the top flight at eight games, stretching back to the end of last season.
The Seagulls have moved up to fourth this term, while the Hammers are rooted to the foot of the table after losing their first three games without scoring for only the second time in their history.
