At the very least West Ham knew they needed a fast start, and both the team and the crowd were instantly unrecognisable from the meek 2-0 home defeat by Fulham four days earlier. The first goal was always going to have to come from West Ham if they were going to make anything resembling a contest out of it, and it arrived in the 14th minute when Jarrod Bowen swung a cross into the box. The hosts tired after the break though and, with two minutes left, Frimpong struck, his shot taking a huge deflection off Aaron Cresswell to end West Ham’s European adventure.
