West Ham’s relief at snatching a point was accompanied by the realisation that this was a missed opportunity to push on in the battle to qualify for Europe.
Danny Ings scored his first goal of the season to deny Burnley a precious win but David Moyes will know that this was not good enough. West Ham, who trailed 2-0 at half-time, will need to be better when they look to overcome a 1-0 deficit from the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie against Freiburg on Thursday. A spirited recovery kept them seventh but they cannot regard a home draw with Burnley, who remain 10 points below Nottingham Forest in 17th place, as acceptable.
Continue reading…West Ham’s relief at snatching a point was accompanied by the realisation that this was a missed opportunity to push on in the battle to qualify for Europe.Danny Ings scored his first goal of the season to deny Burnley a precious win but David Moyes will know that this was not good enough. West Ham, who trailed 2-0 at half-time, will need to be better when they look to overcome a 1-0 deficit from the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie against Freiburg on Thursday. A spirited recovery kept them seventh but they cannot regard a home draw with Burnley, who remain 10 points below Nottingham Forest in 17th place, as acceptable. Continue reading…
