Hammers miss out on Champions League action
On loan Hammer Felipe Anderson and former Hammer Toni Martinez missed out on Champions League action against Manchester City last night as both were unused substitutes for FC Porto in the European competition.
The Portuguese champions took a surprise early lead but Sergio Aguero quickly levelled from the spot and second-half goals from Ilkay Gundogan and substitute Ferran Torres gave them a 3-1 victory.
Worrying for West Ham is the end of Aguero’s goal drought. The prolific Argentina striker had gone 230 days without scoring before converting his penalty, the longest spell of his illustrious career. Aguero had missed a large portion of that spell through injury, before making a return to action against Arsenal last weekend.
While Aguero has returned Kevin De Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus, Aymeric Laporte, Benjamin Mendy and Fernandinho are all likely to be missing Saturday when Manchester City travel down to the London Stadium to face West Ham.