Tomas Soucek nets late winner as West Ham fight back to beat Burnley

It's a seventh consecutive home defeat for Vincent Kompany's struggling side.
Tomas Soucek nets late winner as West Ham fight back to beat Burnley

IRONS: West Ham United's Tomas Soucek celebrates scoring their side's winner. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire.

Tomas Soucek's stoppage-time volley condemned Burnley to a seventh-consecutive home defeat as Vincent Kompany's struggling side conceded two in the space of five minutes to lose 2-1 to West Ham.

For much of the second half it seemed as though Jay Rodriguez's 49th-minute penalty was going to earn the Clarets a vital win and lift them off the bottom of the Premier League table.

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