West Ham have lost their fourth home match in a row in the Premier League, late goals in both halves giving Brentford a 2-0 win that could have been much bigger had the visitors taken more of their chances.
Going into the game, West Ham had lost all three of their home games this season while Brentford had lost all three of their away matches in the league, but the visitors dominated from the start at the London Stadium on Monday.
Igor Thiago and Kevin Schade both missed good opportunities to score, before Thiago finally broke the deadlock two minutes before halftime.
The Hammers’ defence failed to deal with a long ball and Schade squared to Thiago to score. Goalkeeper Alphonse Areola got a hand to his shot but could not stop it going over the line.
Some West Ham fans boycotted the gam