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Carlos Soler honoured West Ham United’s travelling supporters following their 2-0 win at St James' Park.
On loan from Paris Saint-Germain, the midfielder had a better experience against Newcastle United earlier this week. Soler was an unused substitute when the Magpies famously crushed PSG 4-1 - a night now etched into Geordie folklore.
Tyneside hosted Champions League football for the first time in two decades and a rapturous home crowd created a bear-pit environment to welcome the Parisians. Miguel Almiron, Dan Burn, Sean Longstaff and Fabian Schar produced the goods in what proved to be Newcastle’s only European win.
Fast forward to the present and United are reeling from a surprise defeat to West Ham. St James’ Park was far from its raucous best, with the home support outsung by the Hammers in Level 7.
Soler - withdrawn in the second half - recognised the change from his experience 13 months ago. He said post-match: “I came here with PSG last season, so I knew what it was going to be like. I didn’t play but it was a really tough atmosphere and we lost heavily. So to come here and win like we did, is really good.
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“It’s amazing to be able to give the supporters a night like tonight. They follow us everywhere and we all really appreciate it. I loved it out there and I love playing. I always want to play but I know it’s the head coach who decides the line-up. I was really pleased to be out there from the start today and in contact with the ball.
“We had a lot of possession and created lots of good chances, and we played really well. I think we just all enjoyed playing together as a team, and we deserved to come away with the right result in the end.
“We are a very good team, with good players, and we showed that tonight. We haven’t been in the position that we want to be in the table, but we’ve shown what we can do and, hopefully, this can be the start of a really successful season.”
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