Before that they played in April 2015 and the game ended in a 1 – 1 draw.
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Lanzini will have the best possible stage to show his array of skills and help the East Londoners grow when they take to the field in front of 60,000 people at the Olympic Stadium next season.
On-loan Fenerbahce striker Emmnuel Emenike came on in the second half for the Hammers in what could be his last game for the club.
The Hammers hopes of Europa League qualification were cruelly ended at the Britannia Stadium, where substitute Mame Diouf powered the Potters to victory with an 88th-minute victor.
“It has happened in other games where we haven’t taken our chances and here the game should have been dead and buried by half time”.
West Ham should have turned their dominance into a second goal when Antonio’s cross set up Diafra Sakho, but Shay Given saved.
And Stoke snatched victory with two minutes left when Mame Biram Diouf powered in a header from Charlie Adam’s corner.
‘Aware of those challenges, we had more officers on duty than is normal.
“Then they equalised and after that we had three or four chances from the corners and you are really expecting that the ball is in, but it just didn’t want to go in”.
West Ham lost 2-1 at Stoke City in their last game of the season, allowing Southampton to leapfrog them into fifth place in the Premier League standings and leaving Bilic’s men seventh in the table, just outside the Europa League places.
When it was put to him that that was a good achievement, Hughes said: “It is a bit more than a good achievement, surely – cut us a bit of slack!”
“The Irish squad meet up for the Euros next Saturday so I am going to catch an early flight so I can get to the hotel, go up to my room and watch the game”.
During the match, bottles were also thrown at Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea, while another fan invaded the pitch to confront the Spaniard.
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West Ham were dominating even without the injured Dimitri Payet and Sakho should have doubled the lead five minutes after half-time from Antonio’s pass, but Given made a good save.
