Issa Diop has matched Tomas Soucek’s undesirable Premier League mark in West Ham United’s 3-2 loss to Newcastle United.
The centre-back of Senegalese and Moroccan origin scored for and against his 10-man team as they bowed to Steve Bruce’s Magpies on Saturday afternoon.
The two occasions in the Premier League this season to see a player score at both ends have come courtesy of West Ham – Issa Diop v Newcastle today and Tomas Soucek v Arsenal in March. #NEWWHU pic.twitter.com/e3xaS5yGi9
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In the process, the only cases of a player scoring at both ends in the English elite division in the 2020-21 campaign have come courtesy of the Hammers.