Fortounis not always hiding as Hammers' Euro run ends

Olympiakos 2 West Ham 1 (Europa League)

It's a 5.45pm trip to the Old Dairy with Lisa for this, where we wait for a tardy Matt, who has been delayed by dodgy Tory MPs. The team is worrying, as Coufal is injured and Aguerd, Zouma, Alvarez, Paqueta, Bowen and Antonio are all on the bench for this difficult fixture. 

"Tonight you dine in Hell" reads the huge banner behind the goal. At the London Sradium we can hopefully respond with a banner reading, "Tonight you dine in the Best Meze Cafe."

The squad players don't do themselves many favours and struggle to cope with steady Olympiakos pressure and the raucous crowd. Areola has to make a decent low save and the Hammers get a couple of corners before the Greeks take the lead after 32 minutes. 

Fortounis runs from deep. Ward-Prowse isn't tight enough and Mavropanos stands with his arms behind his back rather than blocking as the Olympiakos man fires home from the edge of the area. Not selecting Alvarez is strange, as he is suspended for the Everton match, and he might have prevented this run. Mystic May is also partly to blame as I've just said that only having one point from two games Olympiakos can't be that good.

In first half added time a routine cross is sliced by Ogbonna into his own net. Danny Ings has only had ten touches, but does create a half-chance in the box, firing against the keeper just before the interval. 

Ward-Prowse sends a free kick wide of the post and Danny Ings fires a decent-half chance wide from Emerson's cross after the break, but the Hammers are still mainly chasing shadows. On 56 minutes Moyes brings on Bowen, Paqueta and Antonio in a bid to try and save the game, but it's the home side who threaten a third with Areola again having to save smartly. 

Bowen can't get in the game, Antonio isn't holding it up and Paqueta is giving the ball away every time. Only Lucas being Lucas he then brings the Hammers back into the game with a sensational volley after Antonio's cross is headed out to the edge of the box.

The Hammers puff away for eight minutes of added time and Matt lambasts sub Cornet for his poor control and being a waste of £17 million. But there's no way back and the record of 17 games unbeaten in Europe is gone. The Hammers remain top of the group on six points but now need to win the home leg against Olympiakos and field a full-strength side for that one now we've been to Hell and back.