By half-time, the hosts had had 13 shots, seen a cross deflected onto the woodwork and held more than three-quarters of the possession. True, West Ham are often at their most dangerous without the ball, sat in ready to spring from deep, and some of their best performances of the season have come playing almost exclusively on the break. This, though, was not entirely rope-a-dope stuff, Moyes visibly furious at his team’s inability to earn themselves a breather in the form of a foothold up the pitch.
