Haller on his way in four goal spree
Former Hammer Seb Haller was on fire in tonight’s Champions League opening for new club Ajax at Sporting Lisbon.
He grabbed four goals in under an hour to become only the second player since former Ajax star Marco van Basten to achieve such an amazing feat on a Champions League debut..
The Frenchman eased the team into a lead after two minutes with a simple effort, applying the finishing touch to a diverted shot .
The Portuguese were stunned for a second time when when Antony broke through on the right after a beautiful long ball from Pasveer.
The Brazilian was far too quick for the defence and served up the chance for Haller to score his second and then made it three with Anthony was again the architect and the former Hammer having no problem putting his shot away.
Sporting managed a consolation with the Dutch were in total charge and goals number four and five from Haller ended an extraordinary evening.
Maybe we do have to question whether he was a poor signing, as a lot of us have said, or if the fault was the coaching staff’s in not getting the best out of him.
Poor players don’t score 4 goals in a Champions League match, irrespective of the quality of the opposition.
Yep. And I saw him run and move like he almost never did when he played for us. A real shame because he is a talented player. Just needs to be motivated apparently.
What hasn’t changed is his apparent nonchalance celebrating each of his goals. Definitely a personality thing.
Disappointing he couldn’t be that good on a consistent basis for West Ham, but guess he didn’t gel with management/coaching and we all wished him well on his way…
So pleased for him.
Just a shame West Ham haven’t replaced him in the 1st team yet.