Subscribe Sign in

Sport / United Kingdom

Kanté and Mavropanos rescue late point for West Ham in derby thriller at Millwall

The Guardian Australia (Sport)
1 min read Rewritten in plain language

ChampionshipMillwallWest Ham UnitedFootballSport

Show what we removed Rules applied: A1×3 A3 C1 C2 D2 D3×8 F2 all 30 rules
  • West Ham came from two goals down to snatch a draw from a London derby at Millwall.
  • The Hammers, sitting top of the Championship and looking for a fifth straight win, finished their first meeting with their rivals since 2012 with 10 men after Kanté saw red.
  • In years gone by a Mark Noble, a Julian Dicks or a Billy Bonds would have reciprocated, but West Ham did not put a tackle in throughout the first half.
  • Bowen hit the side-netting before West Ham hauled themselves level with 10 minutes left when Mavropanos headed home Manor Solomon’s cross.

4 sentences from our version of the report, chosen to cover it. Nothing here is written; every line is in the article below. How

There were no immediate reports of any trouble.

Headline check

All three things this headline claims are in the report.

Figures, names and quoted words in the headline, looked for in the report itself — not in the summary above. How this is checked

West Ham came from two goals down to snatch a draw from a London derby at Millwall. The Lions were leading at half-time through goals from Caleb Taylor and Camiel Neghli, but the visitors responded through Mohamadou Kanté and Konstantinos Mavropanos.

The Hammers, sitting top of the Championship and looking for a fifth straight win, finished their first meeting with their rivals since 2012 with 10 men after Kanté saw red.

The Metropolitan Police had 400 officers on hand, having thrown a ring of steel around part of London to ensure there was no repeat of the violence that has marred this fixture in previous seasons.

It took 15 seconds for Jenson Metcalfe to set the tone, going in hard on the West Ham captain, Jarrod Bowen. In years gone by a Mark Noble, a Julian Dicks or a Billy Bonds would have reciprocated, but West Ham did not put a tackle in throughout the first half.

The West Ham manager, Nuno Espírito Santo, threw on Kanté and Pablo Felipe at the break to add a bit of muscle to his fragile side.

Bowen hit the side-netting before West Ham hauled themselves level with 10 minutes left when Mavropanos headed home Manor Solomon’s cross.

Shortened to 1 minute of reading, this version reads 7.1 on the Niral Score.

You are reading our version, not theirs. This is The Guardian Australia (Sport)'s report shortened to its most important sentences, in plainer words, with verdicts and loaded words taken out. Plain description stays, and so do adjectives that carry a fact, such as "former" or "federal". The reporting, the facts and the quotations are theirs — quotations are never edited — and the indicators beside it measure this version. Hover or tap Adjectives to see every one left in the text.

How this outlet filed it, and how we rewrote it

No other newsroom we read has filed on this event, so there is nothing to compare it with yet.

Outlet Niral ScoreAdjectivesSourcingSentimentHappiness
The Guardian Australia (Sport)as they published this story 18.5 13 6 0.1 42.2
Mundane Readneutralized from The Guardian Australia (Sport) 9 10 6 0.0 52.8

Sign in to react.

Comments

Nothing here yet.

Sign in to comment.

Questions

Readers can ask a question about this story here. Questions and answers are for subscribers. Sign in to read them.

Comments are read before they appear where anything in them needs a person to look. Nothing posted here is ever deleted; a comment taken down keeps its text and the reason, so the decision can be looked at again. How this works