West Ham’s fans here in Larnaca spent much of Wednesday evening revelling in the woe of one Antonio, gleeful cheers erupting from every bar along the beachfront to greet Tottenham’s Champions League exit and almost certainly the beginning of the end of Conte’s reign. Given the Hammers’ away form of late, you feared it might prove the high point of the trip.
But at the AEK Arena, their own Antonio - Michail - delivered a memorable night with a superb first-half double that had the Irons cruising towards the Europa Conference League quarter-finals after only a quarter of the tie.
