Europa League: West Ham vs Sevilla Player Ratings as West Ham progress into Quarters after Extra-Time Drama

Europa League: West Ham vs Sevilla Player Ratings as West Ham progress into Quarters after Extra-Time Drama

West Ham vs Sevilla: West Ham squared off against Sevilla at the London Stadium after the Spanish side won the first leg of the Europa League RO16 tie 1-0 at home.The London side managed a comeback a

Soucek found the net with a towering header in the 37th minute to level the tie. The match was end to end and went into extra time, Substitute Yarmolenko slotted the rebound home after the ball came to him after Fornal’s effort was denied. The Hammers held on well and progress into the quarters of the EL.

Let’s take a look at the player ratings for West Ham vs Sevilla match:-

West Ham vs Sevilla Player Ratings

West Ham

Areola (7.4/10): Made some really important saves, especially the reactionary save to deny En-Neyri’s powerful strike.

Ben Johnson (7.3/10): Made some important tackles and got up the pitch to help the attack.

Craig Dawson (7.1/10): Dawson had a decent game and handled the pressure well. He almost set up a goal as well.

Kurt Zouma (7/10):Made some clearances and tackles but was dribbled past at times.

Aaron Cresswell (6.9/10): Got up the pitch but his crosses were all poor and did not reach the target at all.He did make a few good chance creating passes though,

Tomas Soucek (8/10): Scored a towering header from an Antonio cross to level the tie.Was dominant in the air throughout the match.

Declan Rice (8/10): It was a dominating midfield performance by Rice. He played some good passes and carried the ball forward well.His long balls were also well-executed.

Manuel Lanzini (6.7/10): Lanzini created a couple of chances for West Ham and arguably should have scored from the chance he got.

Pablo Fornals (6.9/10): His take-ons did not seem to work out. His crosses were also inaccurate but played some good long balls. Got more into the game during extra-time and took the initial shot which was saved before the goal.

Michail Antonio (7.1/10): Did well to dig out the cross to assist Soucek for his goal.Was a constant threat to the opposition and was denied a goal by Bono.

 Saïd Benrahma(6.8/10): Lost possession a lot of times but was good with his dribbling and forced a save out of the keeper.

Substitutes:

Andriy Yarmolenko (7/10): Got the all important goal with a poacher’s finish on the rebound.

Noble: NA

Masuaku: NA

Ryan Fredericks:NA

Issa Diop:NA

Sevilla

Bono (7.4/10): Made some good saves and high claims from crosses. Also had decent distribution.

Jesus Navas (6.5/10): Navas could not replicate his good form in the home leg. He was easily dribbled past and attacking-wise was disappointing.

Nemanja Gudelj (7/10): Had a decent game and made some important blocks and clearances.

Jules Kounde (6.2/10): The Frenchman won’t be happy with being dribbled past a couple of times. His distribution at times was poor for Sevilla and turned over the possession.

Ludwig Augustinsson (7.5/10): Was brilliant with his tackles and got high up the pitch and provided good attacking support. He lost the aerial duel to Soucek for his goal.

Joan Jordan (6.8/10): Jordan was decent in midfield playing some good passes around.

Thomas Delaney (7.3/10): Was excellent in midfield and won a lot of tackles and aerial duels. His switching of play with long balls was also good.

Ivan Rakitić (6.3/10): The former Barca man had a poor game by his standards. He could not get on the ball as much as he wanted to and was unable to penetrate the West Ham defence.

J Corona (6/10): Lost a whole lot of the ball and also missed a pretty good chance.

Y En-Nesyri (7/10): Created some good chances and also saw his powerful strike saved by a brilliant save by Areola.

Anthony Martial (6.7/10): Martial was not involved as much in the match but showed glimpses of promise.

Substitutes:

Gonzalo Montiel(6.1/10): Saw very little of the ball in extra time

Oliver Torres (6.4/10): Didn’t make much of an impact after coming on for Rakitic.

El Haddadi(NA): Had only 2 touches of the ball

Rafa Mir(6/10): Saw very little of the ball in extra time

Luismi Cruz(6/10): Hardly saw the ball.

Carmona:NA

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