David Moyes' threat to be funk and disorderly, and channel his inner “disco fever” if West Ham lift a trophy in Europe, is alive and well.
For three-quarters of a tense semi-final first leg, the Hammers' crusade to win their first major trophy in 43 years looked like crashing and burning in a disco inferno. But two goals in eight minutes from Said Benrahma and Michail Antonio gave the Irons a slender advantage to take to Holland next week.
The Conference League may be the poor relation of Europe's crown jewels, but West Ham could still become only the sixth English club to win two of them. And if Moyes wasn't exactly throwing shapes like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever, at least West Ham summoned the willpower to turn a laboured performance into a deserved win.
