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Doubtless buoyed up by the news that arch rivals 'Tottingham' had lost to the Villains, West Ham took the field with added endeavour against former manager Sam Allardyce's West Brom. A fairytale start looked in the offing when Michael Antonio was bundled off the ball by possible future Hammers signing, Sam Johnstone, for a penalty, up stepped skipper Declan Rice, and planted the ball firmly against the post, which denied what would have been an undeniable momentum.

West Brom: Johnstone, Furlong, Bartley (c), Ajayi, Townsend, Gallagher, Yokuşlu, Maitland-Niles, Pereira, Robson-Kanu, Phillips Subs: Button (GK), Peltier, O’Shea, Gardner-Hickman, King, Robinson, Diang, Diagne, Grant
West Ham: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice (c), Soucek, Benrahma, Lingard, Fornals, Antonio Subs: Randolph (GK), Fredericks, Johnson, Balbuena, Diop, Noble, Bowen, Yarmolenko, Odubeko

Chelsea's victory over Leicester last night ensured West Ham could no longer qualify for the Champions League, it was not as if it were a surprise is it? This leaves the Europa League as an alternative, however there is every possibility that the dreaded 'Con' Cup might be an end result, or maybe no European competition at all!