Pablo Fornals scored the pick of the goals as West Ham thrashed Bournemouth to go six points clear of the relegation zone.
The Spaniard's scorpion kick was the fourth in the Irons' 4-0 demolition of Bournemouth with the defeat leaving Gary O'Neil's side 15th and five points adrift of the relegation zone.
Poor marking was the downfall for the Cherries, with all of West Ham's first half goals coming from crosses that should have been defended better. Bournemouth also lacked a clinical edge up front, with Solanke and Moore missing a handful of good chances in the second half
Gary O’Neil made one change from the side that shocked Tottenham last weekend, with Smith coming in for an injured Matias Vina
West Ham also only made the one change from the team that beat Gent 4-1 midweek in the Europa Conference League, with Emerson making way for Aaron Cresswell.
Bournemouth showed promise in the opening stages, coming forward down the wing through Tavernier and winning a corner, but it was dealt with well by West Ham.
And it was the visitors that took the lead five minutes in when an Aaron Cresswell corner found a completely unmarked Michael Antonio who headed past Neto with ease to give David Moyes’ side the lead early on.
West Ham were in complete control after their goal and managed to double their lead five minutes later when Coufal crossed the ball and an onrushing Paqueta leapt above Jack Stephens to give the Irons a two-goal lead inside fifteen minutes.
Bournemouth have now conceded twelve goals in the first 15 minutes of games this season, the most in the Premier League.
Bournemouth had their first chance of the game in the 20th minute through a corner, but a miscommunication between Lerma and Mepham meant that the ball went past them both and out for a goal kick.
The hosts looked dangerous down the wings, both Christie and Tavernier looking to create chances, but their crosses weren’t being met with an end product.
Lerma produced a good strike in the 27th minute from outside the box, but it was palmed away by Fabianski for the Polish international’s first save of the game.
Solanke had a good chance with half an hour gone as he burst down the right-hand side and past Aguerd, but his shot was saved by the legs of Fabianski.
The end of the first half was quiet, however a mix up between the West Ham centre-backs nearly led to Solanke being gifted a chance, but he went down and the soft penalty appeals were dismissed by Anthony Taylor.
Rice gave West Ham a three-goal lead heading into the break, smashing home when the ball fell to him at the back post from a corner. The Englishman was completely unmarked and scored his second goal of the week which sealed the result for the visitors.
The score was 3-0 at the break, with Bournemouth’s poor defending from crosses being the fault for all three goals. The Cherries were holding possession well but were lacking that clinical edge that was being shown by the visitors. West Ham played well, looking dangerous every time they came forward.
Gary O’Neil made one change at the break, with Kieffer Moore replacing Joe Rothwell for the Welshman’s first significant appearance since January. Moore was booked two minutes into his cameo after pulling Benrahma.
The Cherries started the second half well, Billing swung the ball in toward Moore who should’ve done better, his header going well wide.
After the Bournemouth chance it was the visitors that took control, Cresswell having a free-kick in a dangerous position that hit the wall.
The Cherries made a triple change in the 60th minute, with Vina, Antony and last week’s hero Dango Ouattara replacing Smith, Christie and Kelly.
Benrahma had a good chance in the 63rd minute wen the ball was laid off to him inside the box, but his shot was straight at Neto.
Straight afterwards Solanke crossed the ball to Ouattara, put his poor touch let him down as the ball rolled to the West Ham defender.
West Ham made their first changes of the game in the 64th minute when Antonio and Benrahma made way for Fornals and Ings.
After some comedic defending from West Ham’s defence, Bournemouth won a corner. The ball fell to Ouattara on the edge of the box but he fired well over and into the Steve Fletcher stand.
Fornals scored a spectacular goal to give the visitors a four goal lead, Bowen cut inside and crossed the ball to the Spaniard who executed a scorpion kick that wrongfooted Neto and found the back of the net. The goal came from another Bournemouth mistake giving the ball away far too easily, but it was certainly a goal of the month contender from Fornals.
Solanke nearly matched the Spaniard minutes later, an acrobatic kick of his own hitting the bottom of the West Ham post.
Bournemouth had a flurry of chances late on, with Solanke and Vina having chances. The Cherries' biggest chance of the game came in the 82nd minute as Tavernier's cross found an unmarked Moore in the box, but the Welshman's shot was poor and placed well wide.
The visitors killed the game in the final stages and had a goal disallowed when Maxwell Cornet was gifted a goal due to Bournemouth's poor defending, but he was offside.
West Ham continued their good run of form and secured a vital three points at the Vitality Stadium, moving up to 13th and six points clear of the relegation zone. For Bournemouth, this result drops them to 15th, five points clear of the relegation zone with six games to play. The Cherries have a crucial fixture in the relegation battle up next, travelling to Southampton midweek.