England forward Andy Carroll returned to goalscoring form with two thumping headers in West Ham United's 3-1 victory over Swansea City that lifted the London club to third in the Premier League on Sunday, Reuters reported. Carroll, without a goal since March, headed his side level just before halftime after Wilfried Bony had put Swansea ahead against the run of play. He struck again early in the second half before top scorer Diafra Sakho lashed home a third as West Ham, one of this season's surprise packages, registered their third successive league victory. Swansea had goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski sent off shortly after they fell behind for impeding Sakho. West Ham have 27 points, one ahead of fourth-placed Southampton and two clear of fifth-placed Manchester United who face each other on Monday. Aston Villa also came back from a goal down to condemn bottom club Leicester City to eighth defeat in 10 matches -- Alan Hutton scoring the winner in a 2-1 victory. Ciaran Clark equalised for the hosts after Leonardo Ulloa gave Leicester the lead with his first goal since September. Villa are now unbeaten in five games. -- SPA 21:13 LOCAL TIME 18:13 GMT تغريد
