West Ham 1-2 Nottingham Forest
Areola:4 Incredible instinctive stop from Gibbs-White after 4 minutes. Forced into action again following a vicious Wood shot as the game started with chances at both ends of the pitch. Made a howler of an error when he tried to play deft football but instead passed the ball straight to Morgan Gibbs White for a gift-wrapped easy goal into an open net.
West Ham 1-2 Nottingham Forest: Areola handed Forest their opener
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Todibo:6 Should have scored from a corner after 2 mins. Cut out a pass which would have been a tap-in for Elanga. Mis-control during the 11 mins of injury time didn’t prove costly.
Kilman:5 No blame on Kilman for the opener. His pass back allowed Areola more than enough time. Not lots to do wit the game played at a snails pace. Possibly could have done better for Forest’s second which flicked off the back of Milenkovic which resulted in a 6 min delay whilst VAR decided whether it was a goal or not.
Cresswell:7 Has given the type of controlled and forward thinking performances in the last two games which indicate the type on player West Ham will need in a back three next season. Tried to score with a cheeky backheel.
Coufal:7 Excellent early cross set up Soucek. Had a left footed shot and forced a corner minutes later. Played so well that i doubt he’ll be short of offers next season. Had another dipping shot in the second half.
Coufal had an all action final game at The London Stadium
Rodriguez:6 Ironically he looks better under Potter than Lopetgui who’s decision it was to sign him. Did okay but the pace of the game suited him.
Ward Prowse:5 Good reading of the game allowed him to stop a dangerous Elanga counter attack.
Wan Bissaka:6 Great at slowing the game down then exploding past his marker. Kudus clearly likes playing with AWB rather than Emerson. Good block at the end stopped Silva making it 3-1.
Soucek:5 Fantastic header from a Coufal cross forced an acrobatic save from the Forest keeper. Very important header out from a Forest corner at the end of the first half. Struggled with his passing.
Bowen:6 Nasty collision with the post in the first half raised concussion concerns. Not really involved in the game until he scored a wonder goal by cushioning the ball with the outside of his foot then volleyed a missile past Sels to make it 2-1.
Kudus:5 Some nice touches early in the game and decent link-up with Wan Bissaka but suffered from the lack of a striker as a focal point.
Substitutes
Paqueta:6 On for Rodriguez in the 58th min as part of a quadruple substitution. Improved things slightly by passing forward and had a shot. Played his part in Bowen’s goal.
Soler: Swapped for James Ward Prowse. Forced a save with some neat footwork.
Fullkrug:5 On for Soucek but West Ham conceded straight after the first round of substitutions. Struggled against Milenkovic but forced a late save with a trademark header.
Alvarez:5 Replaced Cresswell and almost had a fight.
Guilherme:6 79th min sub for Kudus. Immediately made the team better and could have scored.