Flynn Downes starred in West Ham win

West Ham made it three wins from three within the Convention League as they earned a powerful 1-0 win away from residence towards Anderlecht.

David Moyes’ facet created a plethora of alternatives towards their Belgian hosts however have been unable to search out the breakthrough till the 76th minute when substitute Gianluca Scamacca scored the one objective of the sport.

The consequence sees the Hammers sit comfortably on the high of Group B, with qualification all however secured because of their 100% report within the competitors to this point.

Whereas Scamacca will take the plaudits after scoring the winner, plenty of credit score ought to go to fellow summer season signing Flynn Downes, who produced one other very good show in the course of the park, maybe emphasising to Moyes why he ought to begin forward of Tomas Soucek alongside Declan Rice within the Premier League.

As per SofaScore, 23-year-old would earn a powerful 7.5/10 ranking for his efficiency, which ranked him because the second-top-rated participant on the pitch in Belgium, with solely Angelo Ogbonna rated increased.

The previous Swansea man would have 83 touches of the ball, which was essentially the most of any West Ham participant, whereas he was additionally extremely correct together with his passes, discovering the mark 61/67 occasions to register a powerful 91% move accuracy.

He additionally performed an enormous half within the clear sheet, contributing 5 tackles and two interceptions, which was a major enhance on his numbers with Swansea final season within the Championship, the place he averaged 1.3 interceptions and 1.1 tackles per recreation.

This reveals that Downes actually raised his recreation towards Anderlecht and is unquestionably pushing to begin once more when the Hammers face Fulham on Sunday afternoon.

Swansea supervisor Russell Martin was stuffed with reward for Downes final season, saying:

“Flynn was unbelievable, it’s troublesome to single individuals out, however he does the soiled work completely nicely.”

Downes definitely lived as much as that fame once more on Thursday night, as he simply saved issues ticking over together with his glorious passing potential and in addition broke assaults up together with his tackles and interceptions.

If that spectacular efficiency hasn’t despatched a message to Moyes to offer him a attempt within the Premier League, then it’s unimaginable to say what’s going to.