Or is it just me? And the game proved that premonition. Embed from Getty Images. It means stabbing someone in the back metaphorically , but also sticking a blade into someone from behind in a very literal sense, usually in search of vengeance, using the shortcut of cold-blooded street justice.
Sheffield United may be struggling, but they are no pushovers. For once we had more possession of the ball than in previous games and as could be expected we created numerous opportunities from it. Most of which we wasted. Room for improvement right there. Thank God Haller stepped up and put a Hallerva belter into the top corner for us! Haller was involved a lot more in this game and that came largely from his teammates being closer to him, so several knockdowns and headers from Haller found paved the way for goalscoring chances.
Like the one Soucek missed in the first half. The Frenchman also seemed to run a lot more, made some clever interceptions and shielded the ball time and time again to bring others into play. He surely was key in getting West Ham a win that was always bound to amp up the feelgood factor in East London and for Hammers everywhere. To put his goal into context from a football history angle: Haller was the first West Ham player to score a winning goal in a top flight league fixture at Bramall Lane since Geoff Hurst did the same in The entire team did a good, professional job on the day, but having Ogbonna back was crucial.
There were very few heart in underpants moments as we say in Germany for West Ham. Yes, McBurnie hit the crossbar, but so did Rice down the other end. Overall, Fabianski had a fairly relaxed afternoon but still made a few good saves which was down to the great shape and organisation kept by the entire side. If we want to score more goals as a team, we need to be more intelligent in those situations, play better final balls, find an end product more often than we currently do.
That goes for the entire team. We did look very professional towards the end though, milking the clock by keeping the ball near the corner flag. As a football fan I usually hate that kind of approach, but as a West Ham fan I reckon it was the proper thing to do in order to see the game out.
