"?An injury-stricken West Ham side narrowly beat Eddie Howe's lacklustre Bournemouth in the first Premier League fixture at the London Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
A late goal from Michail Antonio was enough for Slaven Bilic's side to steal all three points from a Bournemouth side, who for the most part, failed to threaten West Ham's goal.
"?West Ham started the game without Andy Carroll, "?who has been ruled out for six weeks, as well as £20.5m signing Andre Ayew and Dimitri Payet, who among many others missed out through injury.
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"?"?Bournemouth, meanwhile, made one change from the side that lost 3-1 against Manchester United, with young winger Ryan Fraser coming in for Lewis Cook.
Following a cagey opening five minutes, the first chance of the game fell to West Ham's summer signing Gokhan Tore, who latched on to positive build up play from Michail Antonio, only for his curled effort to go over Artur Boruc's crossbar.
31' Tough spot for the Ref, but the foul on Tore was inside the box and therefore a penalty.pic.twitter.com/Tzfi0IPDCE
It was the Turkey international again who posed the most threat for West Ham, he cut in from the right, dancing past two defenders before being taken out by a dubious Charlie Daniels challenge, which on second viewing could have been inside the box.
It took 25 minutes for West Ham to fully find their feet in the new stadium, continuous waves of pressure bombarded the Bournemouth defence, but the Cherries back-line remained strong, nullifying the threat of Enner Valencia, who cut an isolated figure up-front.
Valencia managed the games's first shot on target in the 39th minute, using his pace to break away from the Bournemouth defence before smashing a powerful drive at Boruc's near post. The Cherries keeper stopped the strike well to his left to keep the scores at 0-0.
The Ecuadorian striker's strike was the final meaningful action of the first half, with referee Craig Pawson calling a halt to proceedings following an admittedly below-par first-half.
Michail Antonio's half by numbers vs. Bournemouth:
83% pass accuracy
3 shots
3 take-ons
1 chance created pic.twitter.com/738Ky5jt0K
"?"?Both sides went into the second-half unchanged and it was Bournemouth who started on the front-foot. The Cherries forced West Ham goalkeeper Adrian into a fine save in the 52nd minute, with Joshua King thumping a 25-yard strike towards the top corner.
It was Gokhan Tore who finally had a chance for the Hammers in the second half, with the Turkish winger hitting a powerful left-footed volley into the side-netting.
The Hammers made the first substitution of the game in the 60th minute, with Enner Valencia making way for loan-signing Jonathan Calleri, who came on to make his Premier League debut.
Somewhat unsurprisingly, boos chorused around the London Stadium in the 72nd minute, with neither side looking likely to score.
The 76th minute brought perhaps the biggest talking point of the game, with Bournemouth's Harry Arter being sent off for a second yellow card after a tussle with West Ham midfielder Cheikhou Kouyaté.
At long last the deadlock was broken in the 84th minute, with Michail Antonio latching on to Gokhan Tore's delicate cross to head home from five-yards.
There was almost late drama as Cherries striker Joshua King forced Adrian into a smart save in the 92nd minute, he snuck behind an asleep West Ham defence following a long-throw.
Hammers new boy Jonathan Calleri almost doubled the lead for West Ham in stoppage time, dribbling from inside his own half, before knocking his strike inches past a stranded Artur Boruc.
Full time: West Ham 1-0 Bournemouth
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