As the late, great former West Ham United and England striker Jimmy Greaves once said, football is so often ‘a game of two halves’.
Greaves’ observation accurately summed up Graham Potter’s first match as Head Coach, as his Hammers relinquished a half-time lead to go out of the Emirates FA Cup at Aston Villa on Friday night.
The Irons were full value for the advantage given to them by Lucas Paquetá’s ninth-minute goal, as they prevented Villa from creating a single goal attempt in the opening 45 minutes.
But the second 45 were totally different, as Unai Emery’s side upped their performance levels and scored two goals in the space of five minutes through Amadou Onana and Morgan Rogers to leave Potter and his newly-inherited squad with only the Premier League to play for this spring.
Watch highlights from Villa Park in the video player above.
