David Moyes has shared a huge worry he has ahead of West Ham United’s Europa League clash with Lyon on Thursday night.
The Hammers drew 1-1 with Lyon in the first-leg tie at the London Stadium last week.
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In the end, it was actually a decent result for West Ham.
The referee on the night Felix Zwayer had an absolute shocker and never allowed the game to get into any kind of rhythm.
He made some shocking decisions as well. Zwayer sent off Aaron Cresswell just before half-time when really, a free-kick and a yellow card would have sufficed.
The 32-year-old West Ham left-back is now suspended for the return leg against Lyon. And with Kurt Zouma an injury doubt, the Hammers could head to Lyon with a real patched-up defence.
David Moyes shares big worry ahead of Lyon vs West Ham Europa League clash
The Hammers head to the Groupama Stadium later this week with a chance to progress through to the semi-finals of the Europa League.
We have to beat Lyon by any scoreline in order to do that, or draw the game over 120 minutes and win on penalties.
Moyes spoke to reporters yesterday though, and outlined a big concern he has ahead of our Europa League clash with Lyon, as quoted by Football.London:
“You lack natural balance. People tend to forget we lost Angelo Ogbonna at the start so all season we’ve had to work and play with that. Aaron is out. It gives us an imbalance of people more comfortable on the left side.”
Let’s hope that Zouma is able to play in Lyon.
With Cresswell already out through suspension, losing Zouma as well would be a truly massive blow for the Hammers.
Moyes is right to be concerned but we all just have to hope that whichever player comes into the side performs admirably.
West Ham are so close to achieving something something special this season. And it’s typical of our luck that we could be without two key players for the most important game of our season.
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