West Ham United reached their first major European semi-final in 46 years with a stunning 3-0 UEFA Europa League quarter-final second-leg win over Olympique Lyonnais in France, completing a sensational 4-1 aggregate victory.
After holding their opponents heroically in the first leg at London Stadium, despite playing the second half with ten men, the Irons produced another immense performance to knock out the seven-times Ligue 1 champions.
David Moyes’ team all but silenced a raucous Parc Olympique Lyonnais with a combination of resilience, set-piece excellence, good fortune and sheer hard work to win through to face Eintracht Frankfurt – conquerors of Barcelona – on the 46th anniversary of their famous European Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-final victory over the German side.
After a rollercoaster opening 38 minutes, Craig Dawson and Declan Rice set the foundations for an unforgettable night by scoring six minutes apart near the end of the first half, the former with a trademark header and the captain with a deflected shot.
Jarrod Bowen then put the icing on the Claret and Blue cake in typical fashion, finishing a lightning counter-attack with an exquisite right-foot 20-yard strike, but every man in a West Ham shirt played their part in an historic success.
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