West Ham fans say player with just five Premier League starts this season was ‘unreal’ against Leicester
Posted By Joe E
February 28, 2025
12:24 am
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West Ham United have pulled themselves further away from the Premier League’s bottom three thanks to a 2-0 win over struggling Leicester City on Thursday night.
The Hammers broke the deadlock in the 21st minute when Tomas Soucek fired in on the rebound after Mads Hermansen kept out Mohammed Kudus’ effort.
West Ham then doubled their lead two minutes before the break through Jannik Vestergaard’s own goal, which came about following great work from Jarrod Bowen.
Hammers fans were buzzing after the game and they were eager to praise a player who is back in the fold after being frozen out under Julen Lopetegui.
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West Ham fans wowed by Aaron Cresswell display against Leicester
The player in question is Aaron Cresswell, who was barely in the picture under Lopetegui but is now a regular under Graham Potter.
Cresswell made his first Premier League start of the season in the loss to Crystal Palace and is now on five league starts including the Leicester game.
The 35-year-old has been featuring at centre-back for the Hammers and has been working well alongside young left wing-back Ollie Scarles.
West Ham fans loved what they saw from Cresswell, with one writing on X: “Cresswell looks like a new signing. Potter has made Cresswell look like a natural CB.”
Another said: “Cresswell has a bit of that 2014-15 swagger. Nice to see from the legend. Back in the days, his name was a lock in the starting line-up. Etched and embossed.”
The praise kept coming, with one supporter writing: “Cresswell man he’s just so strong as an LCB.”
Another said: “I’m loving this Cresswell regen btw, so so solid.”
Got to hand it to Cresswell he has been brilliant in the last few games. Showing he can still cut it.
Another wrote: “Cresswell in that role I really like. Whoever thought of that deserves a lot of praise. He’ll be speaking to Scarles throughout. Superb.”
How Aaron Cresswell fared for West Ham against Leicester
Cresswell was in inspired form against Leicester, clocking up many great stats including some staggering ones.
Cresswell stats v Leicester
Clearances
2
Blocked shots
1
Interceptions
4
Total tackles
1
Dribbled past
0
Ground duels (won)
4 (2)
Aerial duels (won)
4 (2)
Touches
137
Accurate passes
102/114 (89%)
Key passes
2
Crosses (acc.)
3 (2)
Long balls (acc.)
12 (8)
Big chances created
2
Dribble attempts (succ.)
1 (1)
For instance, he took 137 touches of the ball, and completed 102 passes. He also made two key passes, created two big chances, and was accurate with 10 of his deliveries.
Cresswell also did his bit defensively, registering four interceptions, two clearances, one tackle and one block.
Potter deserves huge credit for giving Cresswell a chance and the player deserves huge credit for taking it.
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