West Ham’s hopes of winning the Europa League are over after their 10-men fell to a semi-final defeat against German side Eintracht Frankfurt.
Aaron Cresswell’s red card in the 19 th minute – his second sending off in the knockout stages of the competition – set the tone for a difficult night for the visitors, who already had an uphill task having lost the first leg in the London Stadium 2-1 last week. Soon after, Rafael Borre opened the scoring for Frankfurt on the night to give them a two-goal aggregate advantage.
It was a disappointing end to a wonderful European campaign from the Hammers, whose run had seen them eliminate Sevilla and Lyon in the knockout stages. Here are five talking points from an atmospheric Deutsche Bank Park.
