Why Lanzini shoved James in celebration after scoring for West Ham vs Chelsea as pair forget row at full-time
WEST HAM man Manuel Lanzini shoved Chelsea full-back Reece James after converting his penalty because the defender was seen screaming at him in an attempt to put him off.
A penalty was awarded when Blues keeper Edouard Mendy tried to casually control a pass back, only for Jared Bowen to catch him out and pinch it from between his feet.
The Senegalese keeper then sloppily brought Bowen down and a penalty was awarded.
Lanzini stepped up to send Mendy the wrong way and cancel out Thiago Silva‘s opener.
But replays showed that as the Argentine stepped up to take the spot kick, James was shouting at him in a bid to disrupt his process.
It didn’t work, and, after the ball hit the back of the net, the West Ham man then took the opportunity to shove England international James and stare him down before celebrating with the fans.
The Hammers went on to win the game 3-2, coming from behind twice to win the match with a bizarre late strike from substitute Arthur Masuaku.
But it was the clash between Lanzini and James which got social media debating the incident.
One said: “I want James to score a banger now and then jump in front of Lanzini.”
While another added: “Lanzini giving Reece James s**t as if he wouldn’t fold him like a deck chair.”
But others were totally baffled by the incident as they had not seen the reason why Lanzini was so angry.
“Lol why is Lanzini having a go at Reece James?,” said one fan. “Like did James do something to trigger him?”
