Hughie hands out his marks
Areola: Little chance with either goal but beyond that, fine and distribution quicker and better than Fab’s 7
Johnson: Surprised we didn’t see Coufal at some stage. Ok defensively but his crossing – notably in the first half – was poor 6
Dawson: Once again did some great work at heart of defence. How can you fault the fella 8
Zouma: Back in the team at the right moment and as calm and collected as ever 7
Cresswell: Second best to the flying Eintracht winger particularly in the first half – did better in the second 6
Rice: Not as influential as he would have hoped against a very good midfield 6
Soucek: Tried hard to get forward and did ok in the middle but lost his man for the second goal 5
Fornals: Pretty anonymous to be honest 5
Lanzini: Ditto above 5
Bowen: Hit the woodwork twice, the seccnd time with an overhead piece of brilliance at the end Never stopped 7
Antonio: Some fine link up work and a goal did well 7
Subs
Benrahma: Outstanding and caused panic from the minute he came on. Best performance yet in the claret and blue 8
I’m sorry but while I agree with most of this, and you guys will appreciate the subjectivity of scoring player performances, I think you’re way off the mark with Dekkers…..he was IMMENSE tonight and was ultimately the highest quality player on the deck. 9 out of 10 easy.
It can’t be anything other as subjective as is yours stu
I’m with Stu on this, Declan was the standout midfielder for West Ham, while Soucek looked shattered…. Apart from that, my subjective opinion agrees
Got to agree, Decs was immense tonight. First man back with a tackle and drove forward at every opportunity, giving the player receiving the ball and opportunity in a dangerous area. Antonio was again disappointing, scored the goal yes, but guess who was next to him ready to tap in. Rice, minimum 8
Rice was our most effective player last night, unfortunately most of his work was defensive.