West Ham United entertained Wolverhampton Wanderers at the London Stadium earlier today as they looked to earn all three points on the road. The Hammers made a bright start to the game but were held to a goalless draw at the half-time break.
Tomas Soucek finally broke the deadlock in the 59th minute when he put West Ham ahead from close range. The Hammers sat on their lead well and secured a narrow 1-0 win in front of their home supporters.
Let’s take a look at how each West Ham player performed during the match against Wolves.
GK: Łukasz Fabiański – 6.5/10
The Polish keeper had to make one save in the game and earned an easy clean sheet at the London Stadium.
RB: Ben Johnson – 6.5/10
He was solid when defending at the back and made one good run down the right flank.
CB: Craig Dawson – 7.5/10
Dawson made plenty of important clearances inside his half and was strong in the air.
CB: Kurt Zouma – 8/10
The Frenchman won his fair share of aerial duels and cleared the danger plenty of times to keep the opposition at bay.
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LB: Aaron Cresswell – 7.5/10
Cresswell performed his defensive duties well and engineered one key chance in the final third.
CM: Tomas Soucek – 8/10
He earned the ball back a few times and managed to create a couple of decent chances in the attacking end of the field. He scored the only goal of the game from close range.
CM: Declan Rice – 7.5/10
Rice anchored the midfield with conviction and made one good chance in the opponent’s half.
RW: Jarrod Bowen – 6.5/10
He had a few lively moments in the final third but didn’t do enough to score.
CAM: Manuel Lanzini – 6.5/10
Lanzini showed some flashes of his brilliance in the Wolves half but never looked like he would score.
LW: Pablo Fornals – 8/10
The Spanish playmaker caused a lot of problems for the opposition with his creativity and running but hardly got a sniff at goal.
ST: Michail Antonio – 7.5/10
Antonio orchestrated plenty of meaningful openings for his teammates but failed to get his name on the scoresheet.
Substitutes:
CAM: Nikola Vlasic – N/A
He came on for the final few minutes of the game.
CB: Issa Diop – N/A
Diop came off the bench to run the clock down for his team.
