West Ham United welcomed Fulham at the London Stadium earlier today as they hoped to secure a good result at home in the Premier League. The Hammers made a slow start to the game and conceded the opening goal in the ninth minute when Andreas Pereira found the back of the net. David Moyes’ men failed to make a comeback and went into the half-time break 1-0 down on the scoreline.
Pereira doubled West Ham’s advantage in the 72nd minute as West Ham crashed to a lackluster 2-0 loss in front of their home fans.
Let’s take a look at how each West Ham United player performed during the clash against the Cottagers.
GK: Lukasz Fabianski – 8/10
He made a lot of crucial saves at the back and did enough to keep the scoreline respectable.
RB: Vladimir Coufal – 6/10
Coufal was far from convincing at the back and lacked quality on the ball.
CB: Konstantinos Mavropanos – 5/10
He made some poor errors on the defensive end of the pitch and was replaced in the 59th minute.
CB: Nayef Aguerd – 6.5/10
Aguerd did his fair share of defending and was good on the ball.
LB: Emerson Palmieri – 7/10
He came back to defend when needed and managed to catch the eye at times in the opponent’s half.
CM: Edson Alvarez – 6.5/10
Alvarez anchored the midfield well and made some clever runs with the ball.
CM: James Ward-Prowse – 6.5/10
He earned the ball back once and made a few inviting chances for his teammates to find the back of the net.
RW: Mohammed Kudus – 7.5/10
Kudus made a lot of dangerous runs with the ball but didn’t do enough to register a goal.
CAM: Danny Ings – 6/10
He was wasteful in the final third.
LW: Lucas Paqueta – 6.5/10
Paqueta made some driving runs with the ball but failed to get his name on the scoresheet.
ST: Michail Antonio – 6/10
He was quiet for most of the game and never looked like he would score.
Substitutes:
CB: Kurt Zouma – 6/10
He failed to keep things solid at the back.
CM: Tomas Soucek – 6/10
Soucek added some energy to West Ham’s midfield.
RB: Ben Johnson – 6/10
He failed to impress off the bench.
CM: George Earthy – N/A
RW: Maxwel Cornet – N/A
