West Ham United entertained Sevilla at the London Stadium earlier tonight as they focused on overturning their 1-0 deficit from the first leg of their UEFA Europa League last 16 tie. The Hammers made a good start to the game and got their noses ahead in the 39th minute courtesy of Tomas Soucek’s good header. David Moyes’ men went into the half-time break 1-0 up on the scoreline.
Both sides canceled each other out in the second half as the match finished 1-0 in favour of the Hammers after normal time.
Andriy Yarmolenko came off the bench and scored the deciding goal in the 112th minute which was enough to give West Ham a 2-0 victory after extra-time. The Hammers managed to win the tie by a 2-1 scoreline on aggregate and successfully secured a place in the quarterfinal stage of the Europa League.
Let’s take a look at how each West Ham player performed during the clash against Sevilla.
GK: Alphonse Areola – 6.5/10
The Hammers keeper made two solid saves and secured an important clean sheet tonight.
RB: Ben Johnson – 7/10
He was strong in the air and cleared his lines when required inside his half. He was even bright going forward.
CB: Craig Dawson – 7/10
Dawson sensed the danger quickly and did enough to keep the Sevilla attackers at bay for the whole 120 minutes.
CB: Kurt Zouma – 7/10
The Frenchman made numerous clearances at the back and did enough to keep his clean sheet intact.
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LB: Aaron Cresswell – 7/10
Cresswell performed his defensive duties well and engineered some good chances in the final third.
CM: Tomas Soucek – 8.5/10
He scored the all-important equaliser for West Ham in the first half. Soucek even offered decent protection for his teammates at the back.
CM: Declan Rice – 8/10
Rice anchored the midfield with conviction and caused a few problems for the opposition in the final third.
CM: Manuel Lanzini – 7.5/10
He had his fair share of positive moments in the opponent’s half but didn’t do enough to find the back of the net.
RW: Pablo Fornals – 7/10
The Spaniard caused a few headaches for the opposition using his creativity and guile.
ST: Michail Antonio – 8/10
Antonio was a constant threat and made plenty of exciting runs with the ball.
LW: Said Benrahma – 6.5/10
He had a couple of bright moments in the game but never looked like he would score.
Substitutes:
LW: Andriy Yarmolenko – 7/10
He came on and scored the only goal of extra-time which helped West Ham seal qualification into the next round.
CM: Mark Noble – N/A
Noble didn’t get enough time to influence the game.
CB: Issa Diop – N/A
He came on to see out the win for the Hammers.
RB: Ryan Fredericks – N/A
Fredericks featured in the dying embers of the game.
