West Ham beat Serbia’s Backa Topola 3-1 with personal purpose

AFP

An personal purpose by Backa Topola’s Nemanja Petrovic helped West Ham United recuperate from a purpose right down to clinch a 3-1 dwelling win over the Serbian aspect in a Europa League group stage match on Thursday.

Despite dominating ball possession and 15 makes an attempt within the first half, West Ham had been unable to interrupt the impasse earlier than halftime in opposition to competitors debutants who’re enjoying European soccer for simply the second time.

Things went from unhealthy to worse for the hosts when midfielder Petar Stanic gave Backa a shock lead after the break as he capitalised on an error by West Ham defence and made it 1-0 after a solo run.

But Backa defender Petrovic failed to guard their benefit when he scored an personal purpose within the 66th minute earlier than West Ham midfielder Mohammed Kudus scored for the London aspect with a header and substitute Tomas Soucek sealed the win.