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Nuno Espirito Santo Later admitted “we have a problem”. West Ham Suffered a disappointing 2-0 defeat at home brentford,
Hammers fans picked the perfect night to boycott as goals from Igor Thiago and Matthias Jensen secured their first win of the season for Brentford, who should have won by a much greater margin.
Nuno’s first home match in charge coincided with a planned stay organized by groups of supporters in protest against the club’s board.
It seemed as if West Ham’s defense didn’t even bother to perform worryingly poorly.
The fans who were present sat in stunned silence as their team once again flopped – the first time they had lost their opening four home matches of a season in club history – before finally being booed.
That day Graham Potter – who had been sacked by the Hammers the previous month – was named as the new manager swedenHis replacement provided a clear example of the mess he has been left with.
“Not very good. Bad,” was the head coach’s blunt assessment. “By and large Brentford won the game, they were the better team.
“I think we’re all worried. You can see our own fans are worried. Worry becomes worry, silence becomes silence. We have a problem.
“It makes sense. It’s up to us to make the change. The fans need to see something that makes them happy and they can support us and give us energy.”
“I understand it, I completely understand it, and I respect it. It’s up to us, it’s up to us to change it.”
Brentford had 22 attempts against West Ham’s seven. The only surprise was that it took them 43 minutes to score.
The goal was caused by Maximilian Kilmann’s unseen attempt to clear a routine ball over the top, which allowed Kevin Schade to sneak in behind and hook the ball past Thiago.
keeper of hammers alphonse arriola He got a hand for his shot but the ball went wide and into the far post.
Thiago, who was out for most of last season due to injury, found the net again before the break, but his effort was ruled out by VAR for offside.
Thiago and Schade also hit the woodwork, before Brentford finally won in stoppage time when Keane Lewis-Potter cut the ball back for fellow sub Jensen to fire into the roof of the net.
“Very pleased,” said boss Keith Andrews. “We watched the game really well. The last few days I felt good, the atmosphere around the place, the energy. I thought we performed really well.
“Ultimately you want the second goal to be more comfortable, but I thought we mainly controlled it. It was definitely the most complete performance of the season.”