In the meantime for David Moyes Saturday was a farewell to the London Stadium. After months of hypothesis, and following simply 4 wins from 21 matches because the flip of the 12 months, West Ham lastly introduced Moyes was leaving on Monday after four-and-a-half years in cost.
Julen Lopetegui is ready to usher in a brand new period in east London, however Saturday gave West Ham followers, even these fed up with Moyes and his perceived defensive ways, the possibility to thank the Scot for his second spell in cost, the successive top-seven finishes, the three seasons in Europe and, in fact, that evening in Prague final summer season.
Nonetheless, in distinction to that Europa Convention League-winning outfit, the primary half was 2024 West Ham in a nutshell – torpid, sloppy, missing concepts and defensively suspect.
Simply 5 minutes had elapsed when Alfie Doughty lifted a cross into the world and Lokonga dived in forward of Angelo Ogbonna to go residence from six yards out.
Luton, nonetheless scrapping for his or her lives regardless of being beset by accidents all season, immediately had a glimmer of hope within the battle to beat the drop.
In the meantime, a number of boos accompanied Moyes and his gamers as they headed down the tunnel at half-time.
