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Andriy Yarmolenko broke down in tears after scoring for West Ham against Aston Villa in Sunday’s Premier League action.

The Ukraine international opened the scoring for David Moyes’s side to break the deadlock against the visitors with 20 minutes remaining on the clock.

Yarmolenko was given a few days off training on compassionate leave by the Hammers late last month after Russia invaded his home nation.

The winger has family in his war-torn homeland and the situation had impacted him deeply on a personal level.

Yarmolenko wore the captain's armband for his country at last summer's Euros and he has amassed over 100 caps for his nation, for whom he is the second all-time leading goalscorer with 44 goals.

His goal against Villa was the first time he had found the net since those events began to unfold and he could not hide his emotions.

West Ham's stadium announcer read out after the goal: "A goal for West Ham and for Ukraine."

It was an emotional moment for Yarmolenko that set the Hammers on their way to an important 2-1 victory at home to Steven Gerrard’s side.

Hammers boss Moyes had previously revealed that the worried 32-year-old was "really upset" by events back home and spending hours every day on the phone to family.

Last week, Yarmolenko called out the Russian footballers who had stayed silent over