It was the first Premier League game to be played at the Hammers new stadium, but the event was marred by the violence that ensued in an isolated incident which followed the final whistle.
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Antonio, hauled off at Chelsea for a torrid display at right-back, underlined his effectiveness at the other end by lurking at the far post to meet summer signing Gokhan Tore’s left-wing cross.
Feghouli may well have picked the ideal time to join West Ham, who have moved into the London Stadium at the start of what could be an exciting new era for Slaven Bilic and company.
Midfielder Harry Arter became the first player to be sent off here – receiving a second caution in the 78th minute, for a foul on Cheikhou Kouyate, having been booked in the first half for dissent as he -disputed a handball correctly given against him.
“I’m not paid to say I like the new stadium if I don’t like it, but I thought the atmosphere was brilliant”, Bilic said.
“It’s frustrating, because he had done a whole pre-season”, admitted Bilic.
After 112 years playing just down the road at Upton Park, West Ham have entered a new era this season following their move to the venue used for athletics at the 2012 Olympics.
“I gave away a pen last week which disappointed me and I got taken off straight away”.
“You have to forget about it, it’s in the past and you have to move on and I did and managed to get a victor”.
The Cherries saw Ryan Fraser coming in for Lewis Cook as Callum Wilson started in attack for Eddie Howe’s side.
“Against Bournemouth, against a team that is full of energy and they play on reaction they are really good in the terms of effort, in the terms of team spirit, in the terms of quantity in aggression and everything in compactness”.
“We are without a few players, some of them are going to be out long term, some of them are going to be back for the next game”, he told Sky Sports pre-match, before addressing Carroll’s situation after reports on Sunday that the England global was facing up to six weeks on the sidelines with a knee injury.
“To keep a clean sheet would have been a positive but we didn’t”.
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The Twitter user, who goes only by the name of Paul on the social media website, wrote: “Block 214 row 73 no seats!”
