Having sat on the bench for most of the evening, as he has, in fact, for most of the season, West Ham’s goalscoring hero here in Alkmaar then missed most of the action after the final whistle, too, much of it blessedly so.
As the tie ended, West Ham 3-1 aggregate winners, and the home ultras launched their shameful attack on the family section of the travelling support, Pablo Fornals was, briefly at least, oblivious to it all.
