West Ham keeper David Martin breaks down after helping his side beat Chelsea on Premier League debut. His clean sheet helped them pick up a shock victory at Stamford Bridge.
Before the international break, Chelsea were on a run of 6 victories. West Ham on the other hand, were on a 7-game winless run. One week after the break and Chelsea’s winning streak was snapped while West Ham extended their winless run to 8.
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Despite their loss to Manchester City and draw against Valencia, Chelsea were favourites against West Ham. They were playing at home after all; their first since the resumption of club football. However, the Hammers picked up the unlikeliest of victories to extend Chelsea’s own barren run to 3.
The win was special for every West Ham supporter. Not only had they snapped their winless streak, they did it at the lair of one of their London rivals. However, for one man, the moment was quite possibly much more special than anyone else.
West Ham keeper David Martin breaks down after helping his side beat Chelsea on Premier League debut
33-year old David Martin was handed his Premier League debut. Although he has played for 11 clubs in his career, a majority of his time was spent in League one with MK Dons. Martin was bought to London this summer as their third-choice keeper.
However, Lukasz Fabianski’s injury and Roberto’s nightmare run between the sticks allowed him to finally make his first Premier League start on Saturday. Martin played all 90 minutes and performed very well to keep a clean sheet.
At the end of full-time, West Ham celebrated their first 3 points in months. However, for David Martin, the moment proved to be quite overwhelming as he fell to his knees and burst into tears. His teammates soon ran to console him and celebrated their victory together.
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David Martin then went to the stands to celebrate the victory with West Ham legend Alvin Martin; his father.
Speaking after the match. per metro, Martin said:
“My dad didn’t say much – I think we were both in tears! For my dad to play for the club for 21 years and see it, and for me to make my debut, keep clean sheet and get win for the boys, it is so pleasing.”
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