West Ham were breached by two late goals as they slipped to a 2-0 defeat in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final at Bayer Leverkusen. (More Football News)
The Hammers had defended heroically for 83 minutes before goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski was finally beaten by substitute Jonas Hoffman.
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A yellow card for Lucas Paqueta, ruling the Brazil international out of the second leg, only adds to the task facing the east Londoners.
The Hammers, without injured top scorer Jarrod Bowen and defensive midfield linchpin Edson Alvarez through suspension, were almost undone in the seventh minute when Josip Stanisic라이브 바카라 wayward shot was flicked towards goal by Patrik Schick but the ball went straight to Fabianski.
But Leverkusen were given a warning of West Ham라이브 바카라 prowess on the counter-attack moments later when Michail Antonio outstripped Jonathan Tah on the left wing and produced the best chance of the first half.
The burly frontman squared the ball to Mohammed Kudus, but the Ghana winger라이브 바카라 first-time strike was comfortably held by Matej Kovar.
However, West Ham were largely camped in their own penalty area and Fabianski palmed away Jeremie Frimpong라이브 바카라 curler before Exequiel Palacios라이브 바카라 drive was deflected over.
Paqueta라이브 바카라 over-enthusiastic challenge on Amine Adli earned him his booking – the Brazilian survived a red card check – and provoked a mild skirmish on the touchline.
Fabianski might have suspected he was in for a busy evening and he was proved right, making big saves to keep out dangerous efforts from Alejandro Grimaldo, Shick and Edmond Tapsoba.
Early in the second half Emerson Palmieri was shown a yellow card after catching Adli on the ankle, meaning the left-back will also sit out next week라이브 바카라 return leg.
Frimpong, a former Manchester City youngster, hit a low angled drive straight at Fabianski, before the 38-year-old Pole made a stunning save to tip Shick라이브 바카라 instinctive header over the crossbar.
But with seven minutes remaining Fabianski was powerless to prevent Hoffman라이브 바카라 shot bouncing through a sea of white shirts and into the net after a corner was only half-cleared.
Tomas Soucek cleared two Tah efforts off the line in a desperate finale before Boniface headed the second to leave the Hammers devastated.
