Ben Johnson put in an absolutely brilliant performance for West Ham against Viborg in the UEFA Europa Conference League tonight.
The Hammers won comfortably against the Danish side tonight and progressed through into the group stages of the UEFA Europa Conference League 6-1 on aggregate.
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Said Benrahma looked good again tonight, as did Gianluca Scamacca and Maxwel Cornet.
We believe that Ben Johnson was the standout performer for West Ham tonight though.
The 22-year-old played at right-back tonight and he looked the part, both defensively and inside the final third.
Some of his long diagonal passes were absolutely sensational.
Johnson was cool and composed and made a huge statement to David Moyes that he wants the right-back spot this season ahead of Vladimir Coufal.
Ben Johnson superb for West Ham vs Viborg
The Hammers academy graduate oozed class out in Denmark tonight.
He has looked good playing at left-back for West Ham before but rather shaky during the opening couple of Premier League games when he was deployed at centre-back.
I think he proved that right-back is his best position tonight though.
West Ham beat Viborg 3-0 on the night and it was fairly comfortable in the end.
Ben Johnson made a real statement tonight with his performance and surely sent a big message to David Moyes ahead of Sunday’s clash with Aston Villa.
He’s got the energy, athleticism and technical and tackling ability to succeed at the very highest level. The next challenge for him will be to improve on his delivery inside the final third.
And in fairness to Johnson, he looked a lot better in that aspect tonight.
Hopefully he’ll continue to go from strength to strength after tonight.
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