The biggest take away from a West Ham point of view yesterday afternoon was how ordinary it all felt. They did not play particularly well but such is their improvement and growth over the past two years they can win games with a degree of comfort against low-quality opponents without having to be at their top level.
You could sense it on the pitch and you could hear and feel it in the stands. There have been some raucous atmospheres at London Stadium this season,a sense that the ground is finally beginning to resemble a home.
Beforehand David Moyes had played down any risk of Thursday’s Europa League quarter-final against Lyon being a distraction, saying there was no risk of Everton being undermined or one eye drifting to Thursday. And yet it was impossible not to consider this simply a day to get the job done and move on quickly.
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