‘Baffled’ David Moyes hits out at West Ham fan for running onto the pitch and ruining an opportunity for 10-man Hammers to score in the dying moments of their Europa League draw with Lyon
- David Moyes criticised the supporter who ran onto the pitch on Thursday night
- Pitch invader jumped out of the home end with West Ham mounting a rare attack
- Hammers claimed a 1-1 draw despite controversial dismissal of Aaron Cresswell
David Moyes criticised the supporter who ran onto the pitch and ruined a promising West Ham attack during the 1-1 Europa League draw with Lyon.
A historic match for the Hammers ended on a sour note after a pitch invader – the second of the game – jumped out of the home end with 10-man West Ham actually mounting a rare attack.
‘I was baffled,’ said the West Ham boss. ‘This is a really good football club doing so many good things.
A fan ran onto the pitch and ruined a promising West Ham attack during the draw with Lyon
‘But those things tonight didn’t help, we were on a counter-attack with an opportunity to score.’
The Hammers, playing in the quarter-finals of a major European competition for the first time in 41 years, were up against it after Aaron Cresswell was controversially dismissed for a foul on Moussa Dembele before half-time.
The decision could have left West Ham with a mountain to climb ahead of the second leg in the French city overlooked by the Alps next week.
But Jarrod Bowen’s second goal in as many matches, after a month out injured, put the 10 men 1-0 up before Tottenham loanee Tanguy Ndombele hauled Lyon level.
West Ham were on the attack when the supporter held up play by running onto the pitch
Nevertheless, a draw keeps West Ham’s dream of a place in the semi-finals, against either Barcelona or Eintracht…
Source : dailymail
