“I’m a big fan of the old stadium, I like those freezing cold stadiums, but I felt it was proper loud today and the fans helped us big time”. Since the first round of the Premier League team has at home and Manchester United in the first half could still resist an opponent, but if it were not for the defense mistake at the end of the first half, we could talk about coherence action game. “If we get one, hopefully it will be a good one”, he said.
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The Hammers went into the clash with a pretty dismal away record having lost five of their last six European games on the road.
West Ham were offered hope when Cherries midfielder, Harry Arter, was shown a second yellow card for a clumsy foul on Cheikhou Kouyate, and with time running out they made their numerical advantage pay. “We need to be disciplined and keep 11 players on the pitch”.
Andy Carroll’s injury-hit West Ham career has suffered another setback, with manager Slaven Bilic confirming he is out for “a few weeks”. After Bournemouth we have a second game against Astra and then Man City and then we can have a breather, so it’s a very tough situation but we wanted to be in it.
“We have overseen one of the most successful stadium moves in the history of football”, vice chairman Karren Brady told Sky Sports News.
Ashley Fletcher replaced Havard Nordtveit for West Ham as Bilic looked to finish strongly with just 10 minutes of the match to play, and it was a matter of minutes later when Antonio broke the deadlock. “As long as we are winning and competing and they are going home happy, then they are going to pack this stadium”.
“Everybody knows what he means for us, and, of course, we would have loved for him to play, but it was impossible”.
“I thought we had the best opportunities in the game and weren’t clinical enough”.
An injury-stricken West Ham side narrowly beat Eddie Howe’s lacklustre Bournemouth in the first Premier League fixture at the London Stadium on Sunday afternoon. “It was good in terms of effort, team spirit, quality of aggression”.
The Hammers, who lost their opening match of the season at Chelsea, took the points as a late Michail Antonio victor was enough for a 1-0 win at the London Stadium.
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One swift counter-attack, started by Sam Byram and featuring neat one-touch passes from Mark Noble and Valencia, culminated in Tore feeding Antonio who scuffed his shot wide.
