Overview
- Brentford won 2-0 at the London Stadium through goals from Igor Thiago and Mathias Jensen, outshooting West Ham 22-7 as the hosts mustered one shot on target.
- The result marked West Ham’s fourth straight home league defeat to start the season and left them 19th in the Premier League on four points.
- Nuno Espirito Santo said the team is “very far” from an identity and warned “we have a problem,” pointing to mental and physical shortcomings after a calamitous display.
- Nuno defended an experimental selection that included five changes, full-backs on opposite flanks and no recognised striker, later expressing concern over losing individual duels.
- A planned supporters’ stay-away left swathes of empty seats as pundits condemned the performance and opinion pieces intensified criticism of recruitment, with reports stating Nuno has asked for at least three January signings including a striker.