HAMMERS BLOW IS NOT SO SWEET

ONE man's Black Forest gateau is another man's chocolate sponge, and David Moyes' recipe was pure stodge.

- MIKE WALTERS

But Freiburg sub Michael Gregoritsch found a way through the gloop nine minutes from time to leave West Ham's latest European crusade in the balance.

Moyes (right) had a face like thunder when another Freiburg sub, THE Noah Weisshaupt, got away with handball in the last seconds of stoppage time.

After a four-minute VAR check, Spanish referee Alejandro Hernandez went to his pitch side monitor and, to widespread disbelief, declined to award a spot-kick - even though Weisshaupt's arm was raised to field Tomas Soucek's shot.