West Ham climb out of relegation zone after beating Southampton

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>West Ham climbed out of the relegation zone as goals from Jarrod Bowen&comma; Sebastien Haller and Michail Antonio sank Southampton 3-1&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Deadline-day signing Bowen marked his first Hammers start with the opening goal and ended up celebrating his first win in the Premier League&comma; having suffered defeat in each of his previous nine matches&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Record signing Haller chipped in with his first goal since New Year’s Day after Michael Obafemi had equalised&comma; and Antonio wrapped up a much-needed victory after half-time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The mood at the end was in stark contrast to before kick-off&comma; when a few thousand disaffected supporters staged the latest in a series of anti-board protests outside the ground&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Their resentment surrounding the move from Upton Park to the former Olympic Stadium remains&comma; and a team boasting the worst home record in the Premier League this season has hardly helped matters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>West Ham are attempting to engage with the fans’ groups&comma; but David Moyes’ more immediate concern was to arrest a run of seven matches without a win and the Hammers manager went for broke&comma; naming Bowen&comma; Haller and Antonio in a three-pronged attack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It paid off after 15 minutes when Pablo Fornals played a delightful reverse pass into the area to Bowen&comma; who took a touch with his right foot before deftly lifting the ball over Southampton keeper Alex McCarthy with his left&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 23-year-old had been on the losing side in each of his seven top-flight matches for Hull&comma; three years ago&comma; and in his two substitute appearances for West Ham&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Saints boss Ralph Hasenhuttl’s decision to start without top scorer Danny Ings raised a few eyebrows before kick-off&comma; but it was his replacement who hauled the visitors level after half an hour&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>James Ward-Prowse reached the byline and sent in a low cross&comma; with Obafemi’s first-time shot looping over Lukasz Fabianski into the net&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But Haller put West Ham back in front before the interval with a superb piece of improvisation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Frenchman&comma; who has struggled to live up to anything like his £45million price tag this season&comma; leapt to challenge McCarthy for Michail Antonio’s cross&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Haller won that duel but the ball was heading into touch until he slid in to somehow squeeze it inside the near post&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hasenhuttl threw on Ings 10 minutes into the second half&comma; 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