Nearly as captivating was Deeney’s lob of goalkeeper Adrian in first-half injury-time that enabled Watford to enter half-time all-square and West Ham’s fretful back four never recovered.
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The morale of West Ham supporters was further dampened as a outcome of the club’s humiliating exit in the Europa League play-offs at the hands of Astra Giurgiu and it is notable that Watford beat Slaven Bilic’s men 2-0 at Vicarage Road last season. “If we defend like this we are not going to win too many games, because we scored enough and we created enough, some of those we can put down to defensive mistakes but not today”.
“He hasn’t played for us, apart from as a substitute against Chelsea, but he played 45 minutes for France against Italy, and then 35 minutes against Belarus”, said Hammers manager Slaven Bilic.
However, focusing on pitch matters only, we have analysed who was particularly at fault for West Ham’s extraordinary demise this weekend…
With plenty of new additions, Mazzarri is confident the Hornets can soon start to move up the league table, having yet to win any of their opening three league games ahead of Saturday’s trip to West Ham.
“The first one is the one that worries me more”.
Payet, starting his first match of the season after recovering from a thigh problem, provided the corner for Antonio’s first before delivering a stunning rabona cross for his second. The second one is a classic for YouTube, no communication between two players.
“Of course confidence is affected by the score, but it shouldn’t happen as obviously as it did to some of our players”.
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West Ham have worked hard behind-the-scenes to attract a new generation of supporters to the former Olympic Stadium, offering season-tickets for £99 to youngsters. “They should have to do something better to hurt us”.
