Big worry: West Ham dealt fresh injury setback that’ll have many supporters sweating - opinion

West Ham United returned to Premier League action yesterday with a home clash against relegation-battling Everton.

The Hammers secured a 2-1 win over Frank Lampard’s Toffees thanks to goals from Aaron Cresswell and Jarrod Bowen, setting themselves up nicely for their Europa League quarter-final match against French club Lyon on Thursday night.

Despite the win, the east London club were without one of their key players, who they will now be sweating over in regards to whether or not he’ll be available for their midweek showdown.

With Ben Johnson not involved at the weekend, David Moyes had this to say after Sunday’s victory about the full-back’s current fitness situation.

“He felt his hamstring playing for England on Wednesday night. He trained Friday and Saturday but felt it again Saturday. We don’t think it’s bad but it was a decision today. We didn’t not want him for other weeks. I’m hoping he’ll be ok.”

So far this season, the 22-year-old has made 26 senior appearances for the Hammers across all competitions, showing how much of a useful squad option he is for Moyes.

Having played through the entire 90 minutes of West Ham’s four previous league games prior to the win against Everton, this shows what a consistent run of form he was on before picking up this injury while away on international duty.

To highlight how significant the defender has become for the team since his days of playing in the U18 and U23 sides, he has averaged 1.8 tackles, 1.3 interceptions and 2.5 clearances per game in the league this season, placing him in the top five for each statistic in Moyes’ squad.

With the reoccurrence of the hamstring issue on Saturday and the fact that Moyes is hopeful rather than sure that the Englishman can make a