Silkeborg vs West Ham
UEFA Europa Conference League
Group B
JYSK Park
Silkeborg, having suffered a defeat against Anderlecht on matchday 1 were in desperate need of points. Their opponents on the other hand travelled to Denmark off the back of a win against FCSB.
The hosts opened the scoring in the 5th minute, through Kusk. The Hammers, however, bounced back with three goals in the first half. The scorers were Lanzini (pen), Scamacca and Dawson.
SIF were able to find the second in the 75th minute. However, solid defending by the visitors gave them three points.
Silkeborg vs West Ham: Match report
Silkeborg IF: Larsen, Sonne, Salquist, Felix, Engel (Klitten 46), Þórðarson, Brink, Klynge (Kaalund 62), Tengstedt, Kusk (Jørgensen 62), Helenius © (Adamsen 62)
Subs: Hedvall (GK), Østrøm, Mattsson, Dahl, Oggesen, Calisir, Busch
Goals: Kusk 5, Tengstedt 75
Booked: Salquist, Klynge
West Ham United: Areola, Coufal, Dawson, Kehrer, Cresswell, Emerson, Lanzini (Coventry 90+3), Rice © (Souček 63), Lucas Paquetá (Benrahma 63), Cornet (Fornals 86), Scamacca (Bowen 63)
Subs: Fabiański (GK), Randolph (GK), Zouma, Ogbonna, Downes, Antonio
Goals: Lanzini pen 13, Scamacca 25, Dawson 38
Booked: Cresswell
Referee: Fabio Verissimo (POR)
Attendance: 6,702
Managers’ reaction
West Ham manager David Moyes: “There were bits and pieces I liked and bits and pieces I didn’t.
“Their style is very good. We were aware of that. We tried our best to stop it and we did for long periods. There were other parts where they played really well.
“At 3-1 it should have been comfortable. We had chances to make it four or five. They were always going to make it nervy when they scored.
“We started making poor decisions. We had chances to slip each other in for goals which I’m annoyed about. It’s important to try to make goals.”
Kent Nielsen, Silkeborg coach: “We knew before the match that we were the big underdogs, that the West Ham players are better man for man, but we felt that our collective in parts of the game was okay. We could see that if we got a goal we had a chance, we got the goal. But we were lacking the quality you need in these matches. We have proved we have a style that can make it difficult for bigger clubs.”
