da 888casino： West Ham United had already handed Brighton & Hove Albion a gift when Lukasz Fabianski punched the ball onto Angelo Ogbonna’s head for an own goal.
da brdice： However, they still managed to find themselves 3-1 up, thanks to a Robert Snodgrass brace and Issa Diop’s opener – however, what followed gets more frustrating every time it’s viewed.
Glenn Murray’s goal may have been the one that got Brighton back on level terms, but it is their second that truly lost the win for the Hammers, while also encapsulating their self-destructive nature.
To start with, Arthur Masuaku’s attempt at a clearance was pathetic, as he smashed the ball against Leandro Trossard’s leg, which sent it looping behind Diop and Ogbonna.
The Italian should have dealt with the initial ball, but instead allowed it to go over his head, watching on as he expected Diop to deal with what could loosely be seen as danger at that point.
There was clear indecisiveness between the centre-backs, as they tried to work out who should actually deal with this very simple situation.
In the end, Diop attempted to head it back to Fabianski, though he got nowhere near enough on the ball, which led to the stopper diving forward in an effort to get to it ahead of Pascal Gross.
It was futile though, as the German got his toe on the ball to make it trickle past the goalkeeper and over the line – how slowly the ball made its way into the net only adds to the feeling of calamity.
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The whole goal was the very definition of pushing the self-destruct button, especially as the Seagulls’ equaliser came just four minutes later.
This seems to be becoming a theme for the Hammers in recent years, with Roberto’s calamitous spell filled with individual errors to on-field protests against Burnley and recruiting a Director of Football who followed Manuel Pellegrini. That whole idea went completely against the point of having one.
All of the above displayed the club’s self-destructive nature while the uninspiring reappointment of David Moyes sums things up.
While the goal against Brighton is not the most long-lasting example of this toxic West Ham trait, it is perhaps a perfect snapshot of it.
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