David Moyes: West Ham boss apologises for kicking ball at a ball boy in Europa League defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt

David Moyes apologised for letting his frustrations take over after kicking the ball at a ball boy in West Ham’s Europa League semi-final defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt. The Hammers were dumped out of the competition with a 3-1 aggregate defeat and had Aaron Cresswell sent off for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity when he brought down Jens Petter Hauge. The Germans then scored the only goal of the game, courtesy of Rafael Borré.

Ad/> He said: “I kicked a ball back at the ball boy so I apologise for that. He threw it very softly at me. Europa LeagueOpinion: Moyes' best option is to stay at West Ham, even if they win the Europa League28/04/2022 AT 07:48 “Things didn’t go for us on the night.

I’m really proud of the players. How they played with 10 men was fantastic. Other teams would have folded.

But the boys here are great. Tough boys. “I just feel disappointment because this was a chance.

We’ve played better teams than Frankfurt. If we’re being honest, we probably lost the game in the first 30 seconds of the game at the London Stadium where we conceded a goal. Really from that moment we’ve been chasing the game ever since.” The disappointment was echoed by club captain Declan Rice, but the midfielder expressed his pride at how the team had progressed in Europe.

The Europa League final is going to be mega — The Warm-Up Man Utd scouts target seven players ahead of Ten Hag arrival — Paper Round “We’re gutted in there,” Rice added. “We’ve come so far as a group. We’re proud as well to go down to 10 men and put in that shift.