West Ham rally twice to earn draw against Brighton

Ben Johnson and Tomas Soucek rescue Hammers at London Stadium on Sunday

West Ham United's Tomas Soucek celebrates with Manuel Lanzini after scoring his side's second goal against Brighton at the London Stadium on Sunday. PA

West Ham United's midfielder Tomas Soucek, left, vies with Brighton's midfielder Yves Bissouma. AFP

Brighton and Hove Albion's Lewis Dunk celebrates scoring his side's second goal against West Ham on Sunday. PA

Lewis Dunk of Brighton scores against West Ham on Sunday. EPA

Neal Maupay of Brighton scores the opening goal against West Ham. EPA

West Ham's Manuel Lanzini jumps into the arms of Ben Johnson, right, who scored his side's first goal on Sunday. AP

West Ham manager David Moyes. Reuters

Ben Johnson of West Ham celebrates with teammate Aaron Cresswell after scoring the equaliser. EPA

Brighton's Neal Maupay in action with West Ham United's Aaron Cresswell. Reuters

Ben Johnson and Tomas Soucek scored second-half goals as West Ham United came back twice to earn a 2-2 draw at home to Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League on Sunday.

Brighton created the early chances at London Stadium and deservedly took the lead just before halftime when striker Neal Maupay pounced on a loose ball in the box to score his first goal since October.

After West Ham failed to record a single attempt on target in the first half, manager David Moyes introduced attacking midfielder Manuel Lanzini and forward Andriy Yarmolenko at the interval.

The attacking duo were instrumental in the build-up to West Ham's equaliser on the hour mark, with wing back Johnson finding the net from close range to mark his first goal for the club.

Centre back Lewis Dunk thought he had won the game for Brighton in the 70th minute when he smashed in his first goal of the season from a quickly taken corner.

But Czech midfielder Soucek came up with his third goal of the month for West Ham when he was left unmarked at a corner and powered home a header with eight minutes left on the clock.

Graham Potter's Brighton had to settle for a fifth draw in their last eight games in the competition. They are in 16th place on 13 points, two points above the relegation zone.

The result extended Brighton's hoodoo over the Hammers, who have still never managed to beat them in the Premier League.

"It is disappointing not to take three points, I felt it was there for us," Potter said. "We didn't defend the corner well for the second goal, and those details punish you at this level.

"We didn't do much wrong. We could have managed the game better. We need to keep working to get three points."

West Ham, who next travel to Southampton on Tuesday, stay 10th in the table and edge up to 22 points from their 15 games.