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Slump continues for Hammers as Saints take three points on Boxing Day
Southampton's Jan Bednarek celebrates scoring their side's third goal of the game during the Premier League match at the London Stadium

West Ham 2-3 Southampton 
by Paul Donovan
at the London Stadium

THE West Ham team looked like it had had too much Christmas pudding, as its recent slump continued with a defeat to Southampton at the London Stadium on Boxing Day.  

Hammers manager David Moyes criticised “the low energy” display of his side in the first half, though he felt the team played well enough in the second half to “get back in it, if not win.” 

Low energy was putting it kindly, as West Ham strolled through the first half as if in some sort of sleep-walking daze. 

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