Premier League: West Ham were ‘never in the game’, says captain Jarred Bowen
West Ham United's start to life under new head coach Julen Lopetegui has seen the side win only one game in their opening five.
West Ham United's start to life under new head coach Julen Lopetegui has seen the side win only one game in their opening five.
Eintracht Frankfurt reached their first European final for 42 years after a 1-0 home win on Thursday over 10-man West Ham United sealed a 3-1 aggregate victory in their UEFA Europa League semi-final.
Having scored two goals in Barcelona's famous Camp Nou, taking the German side to a stunning victory in the Europa League's quarter-final, the winger copied the celebration move of nobody less than the Catalonians' all-time icon Lionel Messi.
Both clubs are attempting to reach what would be their biggest match in decades Frankfurt's last final came in 1980, when it won the Europa League's predecessor, the UEFA Cup, and West Ham's last game of that calibre was the 1976 Cup Winner's Cup final.
Jose Mourinho’s men produced one of their best performances this year and deserved every bit of their first victory since February.
West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini had earlier stated that the club could be forced to sell the 20-year-old player if the price was right.
Fabianski was replaced by Roberto Jimenez during the game.
Rice has as many as four years remaining on his contract and this means that Manchester United will find it hard to get the price down.
He added that although Manchester United are “in good shape”, they are still lacking that killer instinct post a lean run in front of the goals for the Red Devils.
The Spanish star who recently signed a new deal with Manchester United amid speculations that he may leave the club stated that fans of the Red Devils have helped the side in more ways than the players had even expected.
