What West Ham must change away to Lyon as David Moyes' Michail Antonio claim leaves questions

The tie is finely balanced at the midway point but David Moyes knows, even with 11 men for 90 minutes, West Ham will need to produce and maintain a far higher intensity in next week’s second leg if they are to keep their Europa League dream alive.

While it was easy to focus on Aaron Cresswell’s harsh red card late in the first half last night, and Moyes’s correct claim that Jarrod Bowen should have received a free kick immediately before having been barged over by Houssem Aouar, the reality is West Ham were not at their best in a tepid opening half against a technically superior Lyon team.“Not a good performance,” the manager said. “Poor, but we showed good resilience with our performance when down to 10 men.”

The manager refused to engage with any question around referee Felix Zwayer apart from repeatedly referring to the Bowen foul that was not given. And it is fair to argue that the sense of injustice had revved the hosts up in the early portion of the second period.

Manager's post-match reaction

“We didn't have much of the ball in the second half, the manager added. “We had to defend well against their 11. They were technically very good I felt. But we defended very well. It made it harder for them. We may have had more chances actually with 10 men than 11 at the time. We had the ability to score and had one or two opportunities.”

That they threatened more while a player down in the second period was indicative and Michail Antonio, despite being heavily involved in the build up to the opening goal, looked short of belief as an isolated presence up front. The Jamaica international also failed to meet a tasty cross with only the goalkeeper to beat at 1-1 and Moyes seemed to indicate he expected Antonio to be a tad