Harvey Barnes scores Leicester's last scorer to aggravate West Ham | Soccer

You wait almost a month, then two arrive the same day. Substitute substitute Harvey Barnes saved a point for Leicester as Brendan Rodgers' team maintained their chances of qualifying for the Europa League after the end of the Premier League's run of tie draws.

There had been 34 games since the 2-2 draw against Bournemouth on 16 March in Newcastle. While Wolves and Brighton played in a deadlock at Molineux, Rodgers would have even more reason to believe that they can still climb to seventh place. This is certainly not a draw after Michail. Antonio had given the advantage to Manuel Pellegrini's team in the first period.

Lucas Pérez thought he had won after a Jamie Vardy equalizer, but it was another substitute, Barnes, who had the last word.

The last time West Ham had lost four consecutive league games was at the very beginning of Pellegrini's reign. Despite the ensured security, the Chilean had challenged his players to end the campaign vigorously as a platform for next season. Marko Arnautovic was recalled after missing the defeat against Manchester United last week and a groin injury to Manuel Lanzini also meant a reminder for Antonio. Rodgers also made two changes, Marc Albrighton having returned after two months with a hamstring problem.

Just like their opponents, Leicester had a season of inconsistency after the death of owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha after the match against West Ham at King Power Stadium in October.

The loss to Newcastle last week had somewhat dampened the hope of snatching seventh place, although Rodgers was quick to point out that he was more concerned about the situation as a whole. Still, judging by their approach to the first half here, there is still a lot of work to be done, as a no-frills presentation allowed West Ham to take the deserved advantage thanks to Antonio seven minutes before mid-term. time.

The winger had already been denied twice in the last defense but did not make any mistakes after Felipe Anderson's center was well put in the game, overtaking Ben Chilwell before celebrating by rolling over. new £ 250,000 clear and blue carpet surrounding the field that was debuted.

A long dispute with the owners, the London Legacy Development Corporation, had delayed the unveiling of the new carpet until this week. Pellegrini spent most of the first half testing it on a 30-meter course from the canoe to the grbad and vice versa. Rodgers was often lagging behind when he was trying to convince his side to react in the second period, although the local fans seemed to want to tease and reply by chanting "You're only for the rug" when half a chance was rejected.

Barnes was summoned to the bench and the goal was tying in less than three minutes. Vardy was about to hit center-center Chilwell after a close center, after the English defender had the opportunity to give his center. All of a sudden, Leicester looked excited about their task and could have gone on if James Maddison had chosen Vardy with a quarter of an hour to play.

It seemed like they had to pay when Pérez was the first to react when Pedro Obiang's shot came back to the post, but Barnes was not wrong with Yuri Tielemans' excellent ball to win some of the loot.