The same user later sent another message, directed exclusively to Brady, reading: “Where’s my ‘kin seat??”
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West Ham United will take on Astra Giurgiu in their Europa League play-off at the London Stadium on Thursday, August 25 with kick-off at 7:45pm BST.
“The club has an incredible history, and the new Olympic Stadium is all part of it”.
Bournemouth manager, Eddie Howe, said: “It was a tight game with little goalmouth action”.
West Ham responded to the incident by issuing the following statement to Mirror Football: “West Ham United condemn unreservedly the behaviour of a small minority of individuals in an isolated incident following the fixture against AFC Bournemouth”.
Despite the sterile experience, Hammers boss Bilic claimed he enjoyed the atmosphere and said the stadium would be rocking like the Upton Park glory days if his players can repeat or improve on last season’s impressive Premier League form. “One moment of quality from them and we were punished”.
Playing in a more familiar role on Sunday, Antonio made amends for that error as he latched onto Gokhan Tore’s looping cross to outmuscle Charlie Daniels and head home at the back post with five minutes remaining.
The Twitter user, who goes only by the name of Paul on the social media website, wrote: “Block 214 row 73 no seats!”
Hammers sub Jonathan Calleri will not look back on a missed one-on-one in stoppage time too fondly, but nothing was going to spoil West Ham’s big day.
Feghouli, who is now sidelined with a hamstring injury, has claimed that he has had a close eye on West Ham for a while. To match them takes effort.
West Ham went into the match rocked by the news that striker, Andy Carroll, would be out of contention for up to six weeks after picking up a knee injury. “We’re not going to just to get them given, we’ve got to earn them”.
Defender Steve Cook told the club’s website: ‘The sending-off was huge – it changed the game. “We just have to play differently”.
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With the game seemingly heading towards a dreary stalemate, Arter – booked for dissent in the first period – hauled down Cheikhou Kouyate and received his marching orders with 12 minutes to play.
