
In charge: David Moyes
(Picture: Getty Images)When Mark Noble quipped, as he rode off into the sunset, that while he was lying on a beach this season Craig Dawson would be marking Erling Haaland, he could not have known that the prophecy would be realised quite so soon.
It seems only weeks ago that, as Noble bowed out on an emotional afternoon at the London Stadium, the Hammers did their part to ensure the Premier League’s title race went to the final day, holding the champions-elect to a 2-2 draw in their penultimate fixture.