venomous volley from Lucas Paqueta would have been worthy of winning any match, but unfortunately for West Ham, the Brazilian’s fine strike against Olympiacos on
Thursday only came after they had succumbed to a pair of first-half goals in Piraeus, as their 17-game unbeaten European run was finally broken.
Konstantinos Fortounis’s stellar solo drive broke the deadlock before Rodinei’s cross perplexed Angelo Ogbonna and Alphonse
Areola, the former of whom stuck a leg out in an attempt to clear the danger but only succeeded in diverting the ball into his own net.
Paqueta’s 87th-minute effort came too late for West Ham to spark a last-gasp turnaround, condemning David Moyes’s troops to successive defeats after a 4-1 humbling at the
hands of Aston Villa in their most recent Premier League game, where Moyes admitted that the Lions were on a different level to his beleaguered charges.
A 2-2 draw with Newcastle United has also contributed to the Irons’ three-game winless run, which has bumped them down to ninth place in the table at the
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time of writing, and they could be demoted into the bottom half depending on Crystal Palace and Chelsea’s derby results versus Tottenham Hotspur and Brentford respectively.
Despite the overriding disappointment from Thursday’s European beating, Paqueta’s consolation at least continued West Ham’s streak of scoring in all of their competitive
games since the 2023-24 season commenced, and each of the Irons’ 14 Premier League home contests this term has seen Moyes’s side make the net bulge.
