European Super Football

West Ham 2 - 1 RSC Anderlecht West Ham United secured qualification from UEFA Europa Conference League Group B thanks to a 2-1 win over RSC Anderlecht at London Stadium. A fourth straight win in their Conference League group was set up by a dominant first-half performance in which the Irons struck twice in the first 30 minutes. A Saïd Benrahma free-kick brought the opener, before Jarrod Bowen thrashed in the Hammers’ second from the edge of the area. While Anderlecht struck a late penalty through Sebastiano Esposito, the home side battled to a deserved victory.   Reaction It was clear from speaking to West Ham fans outside the ground and on social media that they are delighted with how this season is starting to develop. After a difficult season, Moyes and his side are showing great from. Success in Europe's third tier competition is a genuine possibility this season.

Anderlecht 0-1 West Ham United West Ham move closer to qualification from their UEFA Europa Conference League group They away side left it moderately late to get the only goal, a well-worked one finished off by Scamacca. The Hammers were indebted to a wonderful stop from Areola shortly afterwards. It was an entertaining game between two sides. Let's have a look at some of the best reaction One reporter said: "Anderlecht looked to spark something when Raman came on – but it was the visitors' substitutes that sealed the match. Rice, Lucas Paqueta and Scamacca all involved in the goal that won it for the visitors, well finished by the latter. A deserved win for West Ham." West Ham manager David Moyes told the UEFA website: "I am incredibly proud of the team's performance. We both created chances but we definitely created the better ones. So I feel we deserved to win tonight. We can go to the next game at home with full confidence." West Ham midfielder Fl

West Ham United 3 - 1 Viborg FF Gianluca Scamacca scored his first West Ham goal as they beat Danish side Viborg in their Europa Conference League play-off first leg at London Stadium. The Italian forward, a £30.5m signing from Sassuolo, was handed his first start and took just 24 minutes to make an impact when he headed in following neat play on the left from fellow new arrival Maxwel Cornet. West Ham players celebrate - Picture from  Football Pictures | Flickr It set the hosts on their way to a first victory this season, having lost their opening two Premier League games without scoring a goal. Jarrod Bowen zipped a second into the bottom corner from distance with 26 minutes to go. However, the visitors hit back immediately through Jakob Bonde's header. That almost made life uncomfortable for the Hammers until Said Benrahma and Michail Antonio combined for the latter to tap into an empty net and secure a healthy advantage going into the second leg. That second leg will take p

 Eintracht Frankfurt and RB Leipzig will both take leads into the second of their Europa League semi-finals. West Ham United 1 - 2 Eintracht Frankfurt West Ham will have to come from behind in Germany next week if they are to reach their first European final in 46 years after Eintracht Frankfurt secured a deserved first-leg advantage at London Stadium. Jarrod Bowen came agonisingly close to snatching a draw for the hosts in stoppage time when his overhead kick from a Declan Rice cross bounced down off the crossbar. Irons. ⚒👏 pic.twitter.com/1PgLUJ9Irc — West Ham United (@WestHam) April 29, 2022 But that would have been harsh on Frankfurt, who were a constant threat on the counter-attack and showed why they had won away at Real Betis and Barcelona already in the knockout stages. The Hammers did recover through Michail Antonio's 11th goal of the season - and his first in the Europa League since September - as he bundled home Kurt Zouma's nod down at the far post. It was Fra

Sevilla 1 - 0 West Ham United West Ham's hopes of reaching the next round of the Europa League hang in the balance after they fell to a narrow first-leg defeat in Sevilla. Munir El Haddadi scored the only goal for the home side, sweeping in from Marcos Acuna's free-kick on the hour mark. For most of the game, David Moyes' West Ham side had more than held their own in their first European knockout tie since 1981. We take a one-goal lead to London. Job half done, lads! ✔️ pic.twitter.com/8XUexJ4Ndv — Sevilla FC (@SevillaFC_ENG) March 10, 2022 Nikola Vlasic headed an early opportunity directly at the Sevilla goalkeeper Yassine Bounou. Michail Antonio then missed his kick with the follow up from close range. Vlasic also saw Bounou tip a low driven effort around the post. Tomas Soucek then tested the home goalkeeper. Manuel Lanzini also saw his close-range effort blocked as the London club tried to breach the mean Sevilla defence. An exciting Europa League tie also saw the

Let's have a look at all the reaction  as West Ham United overcame a huge scare in the FA Cup fourth round They beat National League North Kidderminster Harriers in extra time. You can watch the highlights of the match in the video below Who said what? After the match, Declan Rice said: "We watched a few videos of them this week, we’ve seen their results and they've been flying.  “Speaking to a couple of their players afterwards you can see they’re top guys, and you could see it on the bench with their manager. We weren't at our best today and scraped it with two late goals.  “Kidderminster fought for every ball. We weren’t at the races in the first half. Luckily enough, we got one back late in the second and then we nicked at the end.  "Massive, massive respect to Kidderminster... Kidderminster fought for every ball. We weren’t at the races in the first half. Luckily enough, we got one back late in the second and then we nicked at the end." 🗣 @_DeclanR

Manchester United 1 - 0 West Ham United Marcus Rashford scored the winner with virtually the last kick of the game as Manchester United leapfrogged West Ham into the Premier League's top four. It seemed certain to be another frustrating afternoon for the hosts, who were stifled by the Hammers' organisation and otherwise came no closer than Fred's second-half effort that was saved by Alphonse Areola. You can watch the highlights in the video below. Reaction from the men in charge Man Utd interim boss Ralf Rangnick told BBC's Match of the Day: "The atmosphere (in the dressing room) is amazing. Quite rightly the boys were celebrating. They know what a massive win this was. "Those are the best kind of wins when the other team has no time to come back. We are extremely happy with the performance and the level of physicality we played with bearing in mind we played three days ago at Brentford." West Ham boss David Moyes added: ""We had a good defe

West Ham United 2 - 3 Leeds United Jack Harrison scored his first career hat-trick as Leeds United avenged last week's FA Cup defeat with a thrilling Premier League victory over West Ham at London Stadium. The visitors, who lost 2-0 seven days ago, were pegged back twice before Harrison scored the pick of his three goals with a neat chip over Lukasz Fabianski as Leeds made it consecutive league wins for the first time this season. This was the reaction of Marcelo Bielsa. More reaction Junior Firpo tweeted: "Well deserved win today, amazing performance from the team! Very happy for you Jack Harrison, no one else deserves this more than you. Also, sad about the injury, I will work very hard to come back stronger!" Lewis Bate was making his Premier League debut, he posted: "A moment I’ve worked towards my whole life and one I’ll never forget. Delighted to top it off by leaving London with all 3 points. Head down now, lots for me to learn and to improve on. This is how

West Ham’s hopes of finishing in the top four have suffered a blow after Kurt Zouma suffered a hamstring injury during last Saturday’s victory over Chelsea. David Moyes is facing a crisis after losing both of his first-choice centre-backs to injury. Zouma is set for a spell on the sidelines after damaging his hamstring. It has also been announced that Angelo Ogbonna is out for the rest of the season after sustaining a knee injury during West Ham’s win over Liverpool last month. The former Chelsea defender Zouma expected to be out for six to 12 weeks. Craig Dawson and Issa Diop are currently the only fit centre-backs in West Ham’s squad. Will David Moyes look to strengthen his squad in the upcoming January transfer window? They have been linked with a move for Burnley's James Tarkowski.  A West Ham statement reads: "West Ham United can confirm that Kurt Zouma sustained a hamstring tendon injury during Saturday’s Premier League victory against Chelsea. A scan on Monday revea

Jesse Lingard's future career at Manchester United is in doubt after talks over a new contract collapsed. Lingard's present deal expires next summer and United hoped to extend the England midfielder's time at the club following an exciting loan spell at West Ham in the second half of last season. Despite being linked with moves to several clubs, the English midfielder opted to stay at Manchester United this season. He reportedly believed manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would provide him with more game time. Instead, he has just started just one game throughout the current campaign. This was the EFL Cup defeat by West Ham in September. He has also made seven substitute appearances, totalling just 76 minutes.  Manchester United news from European Super Football He's had more game time for England during the current campaign than United, even though he also lost his place in Gareth Southgate's squad for the recent World Cup qualifying victories. Reportedly, Lingard is

West Ham United reached the Europa League knockout stage despite a late own goal from Tomas Soucek  The Hammers have 10 points from four games. They are six clear of Genk with two games left and look set to go through as Group H winners. Finishing top of the group would guarantee them a last-16 spot. The group runners up to go into a play-off with a third-placed team from the Champions League. Dinamo Zagreb's 3-1 win over Rapid Vienna left the Croatian side second, four points behind West Ham.  KRC Genk 2 - 2 West Ham United These highlights are from the BT Sport YouTube channel. One fan told us: "Not the best performance but we'll be playing European football Christmas. That doesn't happen very often!" Dinamo Zagreb 3 - 1 Rapid Vienna These Dinamo players were clearly delighted with their performance. They have given themselves a great chance of joining West Ham in the next round. Three points and three goals for Dinamo Zagreb against Rapid Wien 👏💙 #UEL pi

West Ham United continued to impress as they beat Aston Villa 4-1. The result leaves the Hammers level on points with third-placed Manchester City. Things are looking less promising for Villa. They remain in 15th place and only three points above the relegation zone. The highlights Watch the embedded YouTube video below to see some of the best action Villa Park. One fan commented on the video simply saying: "Superb". Post match reaction Most of the post match reaction focused on West Ham's great run of form and where they could potentially finish the season. In an interesting article for the BBC, former Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder was full of praise for the job David Moyes is doing: David is someone I have got a huge admiration for, going back to when he started out at Preston and then shaking a big club from top to bottom like he did at Everton. He gave his Everton team an identity that matched the club's own - they are known as the people's club - and

West Ham United held Manchester City to a 0-0 draw in normal time before winning 5-3 on penalties to book a quarter-final spot in the Carabao Cup. After the match,West Ham coach Stuart Pearce singled out club captain Mark Noble. He is 34 and in his farewell season put in a tireless 90 minutes. Pearce said to the media: "He's been a wonderful captain of this club, and a great role model," said Pearce. "He inspires from within the dressing room. Credit to him, he's not had a lot of games this year but when he was asked to come in and lead the team tonight he was incredible." What are people saying about West Ham? One YouTube, one West Ham said: "The Manchester City dominance on this competition has been shattered, Congrats Hammers!" Another told us: "This is the best West Ham side in my lifetime and I'm 58. We play with a lot more composure than previous years and this team has the potential to be massive. I am so happy!" Even this Ch

Brentford manager Thomas Frank says his team's injury-time win at West Ham was a "massive" result for the club. Yoane Wissa scored an injury time winner as Brentford moved up to seventh in the table with a dramatic victory against West Ham United. Let's have a look at the best reaction The Brentford manager spoke with the media after the match and believes that his time can do even better: "If we can do that every week, it would be nice. Fantastic feeling away from home, a solid performance. In the second half, West Ham were better." David Moyes added:"It was a blow, we didn’t deserve that. I think Brentford will make it hard for lots of teams. In the second half, we dominated and in the first half, we missed opportunities." What stat? Should West Ham be concerned about some of their recent form and results? They have now lost four of their past seven home league matches (won two, drawn one), as many as they lost in their previous twenty matches

West Ham gained revenge for Sunday's defeat against Manchester United by knocking them out of the Carabao Cup at Old Trafford. Manuel Lanzini's ninth-minute effort, his first goal in almost a year proved enough to take David Moyes' men into the last 16 of the competition. Watch the extended highlights below. It was the first Old Trafford triumph for the Hammers since Carlos Tevez's winner in 2007 kept them in the Premier League. It was their first victory over Man United at Old Trafford in a cup competition since Paolo di Canio scored the only goal in 2001. The defeat for the Red Devils came after Solskjaer picked a completely different side  to the one that was on duty at the London Stadium only a few days earlier. He now has tough decisions to make about some of his fringe players. Read more - EPL: West Ham United 1 - 2 Manchester United None of this will bother Moyes and his West Ham team, who kept their hosts at bay very well. They face Manchester City in the next

There was a dramatic ending to the match at the London Stadium. First, Jesse Lingard came off the bench to score a late winner against his old side. David de Gea then saved an injury-time penalty as Manchester United clinched the victory in incredible circumstances.  West Ham had taken the lead on the 30th minute. Said Benrahma's strike from outside the area went in after taking a huge deflection off defender Raphael Varane. Things were soon level after Cristiano Ronaldo converted his fourth goal in three games since re-signing for Manchester United, poking home from close range on 35 minutes after Lukasz Fabianski had failed to hold onto the initial effort. The win ensures Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side remain unbeaten in the Premier League this term with four victories and a draw. West Ham suffered their first loss of the campaign. West Ham United reaction This was the tweet posted by West Ham at the end of the dramatic encounter. One fan replied: "Got absolutely robbed!&q