West Ham saw their chances of reaching the Europa League’s semi-finals boosted after earning a respectable 1-1 draw against French side Lyon on Thursday night.
Although Thursday’s quarter-final first leg was a back and forth affair, the Hammers were unlucky to go down to 10 men after full-back Aaron Cresswell was harshly deemed to have pulled Moussa Dembele back.
Nevertheless, despite their man disadvantage, David Moyes watched on as winger Jarrod Bowen scored a crucial goal in the game’s second half and although Tanguy Ndombele levelled proceedings just minutes later, the first leg’s result will now mean the Hammers are still in with a shout of progressing.
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However, despite the magnitude of last night’s game, one of the biggest talking points came after a West Ham fan invaded the pitch at one of the worst possible moments.
The Hammers, who were level at 1-1, were on the attack and looking to reclaim their earlier one-goal advantage but after a fan decided to run onto the pitch, the play was halted, leaving Moyes and some of the team’s players absolutely fuming.
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West Ham are drawing 1-1 at home, need a goal, on the counter-attack and one of their fans run on the pitch…???? pic.twitter.com/YhHfIxDIBN
— Theo (@Thogden) April 7, 2022