West Ham United suffered yet one more Premier League defeat final night time, this time to Brentford, and it means David Moyes’ facet have gained simply 4 league matches all season and are sitting only one spot from the relegation locations.
It marks a exceptional turnaround from their kind final season, with some impressed performances making certain they completed in seventh place, nonetheless on this proof, they are going to be fortunate to succeed in the highest half of the desk.
Angelo Ogbonna was poor towards Brentford, successful simply 33% of his duels through the match and shedding possession 5 occasions, nonetheless, it was one among Moyes’ higher performers not too long ago that permit him down badly final night time…
Benrahma was poor towards Brentford
Said Benrahma’s kind earlier than the World Cup hiatus was solid for the membership, and he even opened the scoring towards Arsenal with a penalty on Boxing Day, however he simply couldn’t get into the match towards Brentford.
However, towards Brentford, his Sofascore ranking of 6.5/10 was the joint lowest within the beginning XI alongside Ogbonna and the winger misplaced possession a staggering 22 occasions through the match.
Usually efficient on the left flank, he was deployed in a barely extra central position behind Gianluca Scamacca, nonetheless, he failed with all six of his dribble makes an attempt, gained simply three floor duels, and took 78 touches.
He didn’t even register a shot of any form and in comparison with Jarrod Bowen – who was the opposite attacking midfielder within the beginning XI – who had four pictures in whole, it was a efficiency that appeared to lack any form of leading edge.
Benrahma did play three key passes all through the match, but they had been to no avail as West Ham couldn’t discover the again of the online – with the Algeria worldwide letting Moyes down badly on the London Stadium.
Moyes will probably be hoping 2023 guarantees far more domestically, and with a run of fixtures that features matches towards Leeds United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Everton arising, the Scot will probably be hoping to safe a few victories.