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West Ham 4-0 Nottingham Forest: Danny Ings' quick-fire brace ignites goalscoring rout for the Hammers as Declan Rice and Michail Antonio also get in on the act to inflict four-goal defeat on Steve Cooper's side

West Ham gave their Premier League survival hopes against fellow survival hopefuls Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Danny Ings' quick-fire brace saw West Ham prove how important their January acquisition of a proven top goalscorer is.

Hammers captain Declan Rice wrapped up a comfortable three points with a beautiful curling effort to damage Forest's recent run of form.

Michail Antonio took advantage of a low-on-confidence Forest set-up that simply wanted the full-time whistle by scoring West Ham's fourth goal just a minute after his introduction.

A first-half lacking in attacking quality more than anything saw both teams create numerous goalscoring opportunities but similarly fail to capitalise in front of goal.