Ben: Absolutely brilliant second-half performance from a threadbare squad. Lucas Paqueta, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Tomas Soucek and Oliver Scarles were all tremendous. Great point and we deserved more. The wizard is weaving his magic. Front-foot football has returned to West Ham. Keep it up.

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Emerson's fine header secured West Ham a deserved 1-1 draw with Aston Villa in their Premier League clash at Villa Park.

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Emery rolls the dice again. John McGinn and Emi Buendia replace Morgan Rogers and Jacob Ramsey as they seek a winner. It felt like another goal was coming and it goes the way of West Ham. Edson Alvarez crosses the ball to the back post, where Emerson is waiting to nod past Emi Martinez to level the game with 20 minutes to play!

West Ham head to Aston Villa in the Premier League this afternoon with Graham Potter in search of a response from his side.The Hammers lost on home soil to Crystal Palace last time out, a display

Graham Potter's third Premier League game in charge of West Ham is a win away to Champions League side Aston Villa despite the absences of two center backs, two center forwards, and Jarrod Bowen.