EPL: West Ham United 1-1 Leicester City

Spoils are shared on David Moyes' London Stadium debut

West Ham came from behind to secure a 1-1 draw at home to Leicester City in a disappointing clash at the London Stadium.

In his first home game in charge of the Hammers, David Moyes decided to drop skipper Mark Noble to the bench, while Foxes head coach Claude Puel named the same starting XI who began the 2-0 loss to Manchester City last weekend.

The early stages saw the home side show some positive intent, without being able to carve out any clear openings.

However, with eight minutes played it was City who took the lead as Jamie Vardy found space on the left and his cross caught out Angelo Ogbonna, leaving Marc Albrighton to slide home his first goal of the season.

That setback knocked the hosts out of their stride, with the home fans starting to voice their frustrations.

Kasper Schmeichel was finally forced into action 25 minutes in when Ogbonna got a touch onto a Manuel Lanzini free-kick, with the keeper diving to his left to make the save.

At the other end Joe Hart was right behind a drive from Riyad Mahrez, who took a knock in getting his shot away.

Cheikhou Kouyate headed wide from an Aaron Cresswell cross seven minutes before the break, but made no mistake right on the stroke of half-time as he rose highest to nod in a Lanzini corner and make the score 1-1.

The start of the second half saw neither side able to take control of the game, with the Hammers fans trying their best to provide some inspiration to their side.

Arthur Masuaku was linking up well with Cresswell down the left flank, twice forcing Schmeichel to make decent catches.

However, the play then became fragmented and scrappy, with both sides unable to forge any meaningful openings.

The best opportunity came in stoppage time at the end of the game, as sub Andre Ayew almost found a winner, with his overhead kick going narrowly over the crossbar.