West Ham United will be playing in a European sem-final for a second consecutive season after cruising past Gent in the Europa Conference League on Thursday night.
A 4-1 victory for West Ham in the second leg of their quarter-final tie, to seal a 5-2 aggregate victory came despite going behind in the first half via Hugo Cuypers’ goal. Michail Antonio’s header before the interval had the tie level at half-time, before three goals in eight minutes from Lucas Paqueta, Declan Rice and Antonio confirmed victory.
As West Ham booked their place in next month’s semi-finals against Dutch side Gent, here are five of the major talking points from the London Stadium.
