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Tom Clark

West Ham player ratings vs Sevilla: Superb return for Rice as Zouma and Soucek impress in defeat

Alphonse Areola - Made a number of routine first-half saves and repaid David Moyes' faith in sticking with him in Europe, nothing he could do about Munir's goal. 6

Ben Johnson - More than held his own in the biggest game of his career. Excellent in defence and got forward on occasion when possible. 7

Craig Dawson - Gave the ball away on occasion but strong in the air and solid alongside Zouma. 7

Kurt Zouma - Played the ball out of defence nicely and looked composed under the Sevilla press. Put in a number of superb blocks and tackles. 7

Aaron Cresswell - Wasted a couple of set-pieces but was otherwise in good form. 6

Tomas Soucek - Looked back to near his best, covered every blade of grass as always getting forward well to support Antonio and back to protect the defence. 7

Declan Rice - Fantastic return to the team from Rice who sat in front of the back four and made a number of vital interceptions and blocks. 8

Manuel Lanzini (off 83')- Did not quite get the space to create many chances for West Ham but was good in possession when linking defence and attack. 6

Pablo Fornals- (off 90) - Uncharacteristically gave the ball away in the build-up to Munir's goal, had looked bright at times but a little lax in possession at times. 5

Nikola Vlasic (off 67') - Given the nod over Said Benrahma but failed to capitalise early on when he missed a glorious first-half chance to open the scoring. 6

Michail Antonio - Played more centrally than in recent weeks where he has tended to drift wide. Looked a threat on the occasions he ran at the Sevilla backline.

Subs:

Said Benrahma (on 67') - An improvement on Vlasic with his willingness to run at the backline. 6

Mark Noble (on 83') - n/a

Arthur Masuaku (on 90') - n/a

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