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West Ham vs Huddersfield as it happened: Pedro Obiang and Andre Ayew give home side a vital win

West Ham are finally off the bottom of the table: Getty
West Ham are finally off the bottom of the table: Getty

Slaven Bilic got the birthday present he so desperately needed as West Ham hauled themselves off the foot of the Premier League table with a 2-0 victory over Huddersfield.

Second-half goals from Pedro Obiang - thanks to a huge deflection - and Andre Ayew secured the Hammers' first league win of the season.

Victory came as a huge relief to manager Bilic, who must have feared he might go the same way as Frank de Boer at Crystal Palace had his side lost their fourth straight game.

Instead it was a happy homecoming for the Hammers, playing their first game of the season at the London Stadium, and a happy 49th birthday for the boss.

Relive all of the action below.

Star man

Michail Antonio. The winger, who missed the start of the season through injury, was back to his menacing best and gave Chris Lowe such a torrid evening the left-back was substituted midway through in the second half

Moment of the match

Pedro Obiang hit a speculative, to say the least, shot towards goal which looped up off the back of Mathias Jorgensen and crept inside the post - the first league goal Huddersfield have conceded this season.

Data point

West Ham keeper Joe Hart kept a first clean sheet in 23 league matches, stretching back to January. Town's Jonas Lossl missed out on becoming only the fourth keeper in Premier League history to keep clean sheets in his first four matches.