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West Ham goalscorer Michail Antonio set for hamstring scan after early exit in Manchester City draw

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David Moyes says West Ham forward Michail Antonio will undergo a scan on his hamstring after being forced off in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Manchester City.

Antonio, 30, gave the Hammers the lead with an acrobatic volley after 17 minutes but was replaced by Andriy Yarmolenko just after Phil Foden's equaliser at the start of the second half.

Only Harry Kane has outscored Antonio since the Premier League restart in June and Moyes played down the injury but said the club was being cautious with Antonio given his importance.

"We'll have him checked and scanned to see what it is," Moyes said. "He came off against Spurs with something quite similar. He's just feeling something. At the moment he didn't miss any training with it, so we're hoping it's not much.

"But look, he's so important to us we have to be really careful. It was his hamstring. He couldn't decide if he was cramping up or what it was but because it's happened in the last two games. We'll get him scanned in the next day or two to see what it is."

Another encouraging result means West Ham are unbeaten in their last four fixtures against Wolves, Leicester, Tottenham and City, with two wins and two draws.

Following last weekend's stunning comeback at Spurs, Moyes was again impressed by his side's character and said the last four performances reflect the real West Ham after they began the season with an abject defeat to Newcastle.

"It's strange, I think we could play much better but I'm really pleased with a point," said the Scot. "You've got to remember Man City have come here twice before and won [by] five and four. We've done some good things, probably more so at times in the first half. We did well.

"Second half when they scored it was very difficult. Great character from the players. They showed it last Sunday against Tottenham and I thought they showed it today in a different way. They had to hang on and try to get something and they did it.

"After our performance against Newcastle, I was absolutely stunned because I hadn't seen it in pre-season, in the games or in the players," Moyes added. "I had seen what I'm seeing now. I like to put it down as a one-off that it didn't quite happen for us.

"What we're doing now is more like us. We have two wins, two draws against teams who are very hard to take points against. I think we're credible, worthy. I actually think we played way better against Spurs than we did today.

"We did other things very well today, we're hard to beat, hard to score against. Against City, what they're capable of doing was very good for us today."

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