Diop reports back injury as Hammers struggle
The Hammers – looking pretty dull and dreary in the first half of the game against the – Toon teamed Winston Reid with Angelo Ogbonna at the back.
And a source inside the club told us that according to the manager had explained that the defender had felt his back before the start of the game but described the injury as “slight.”
The Hammers went into the break in Shanghai 1-0 down via a Muto goal during Steve Bruce’s first game in charge with the Irons dominated from the first to 45th minutes.
They had no shots on goal at all whilst Newcastle looked energetic and very much on the case as the Hammers continued to look dreary and dull.
Pellegrini will inevitably change the team in the second half and will be defending far more effort and interest from the players.