Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
LONDON — West Ham has climbed out of the Premier League's relegation zone and left Southampton in last place with a tense 1-0 win. Morocco defender Nayef Aguerd's 25th-minute header settled a tight, nervy match at the London Stadium between teams who started the day as the bottom two in one of the tightest relegation battles in years. Such is the congested nature of the bottom half of the standings that West Ham climbed from 19th place to 14th with the victory. Southampton hasn't been out of the Premier League since 2011-12. The south-coast team stayed last and is three points from safety with nine games remaining.
