Ings rescues West Ham with late equaliser in 2-2 draw with Burnley

LONDON : West Ham United's Danny Ings scored a stoppage-time equaliser in a 2-2 draw against Burnley at the London Stadium on Sunday to deny his former club their first Premier League victory of 2024.

The result moved Burnley off the bottom and up to 19th with 14 points in the standings while West Ham are seventh with 43 points, one ahead of Brighton & Hove Albion.

David Fofana gave Burnley a shock lead in the 11th minute with a rocket from outside the box to end their goal drought in the league which had lasted nearly 5-1/2 hours after their last goal came against Liverpool in early February.

West Ham's day went from bad to worse on the stroke of halftime when defender Konstantinos Mavropanos scored an own goal, but Lucas Paqueta halved Burnley's lead with a solo goal just 30 seconds into the second half.

Substitute Ings had one goal ruled out for offside in the build-up minutes after coming on but he made it 2-2 in the 91st minute when he controlled Mohammed Kudus's cross, turned on the spot and fired home as the two teams shared the spoils.