Ings' Greek tragedy underlines striking issue that won't go away

DANNYINGS threw his head skywards and let out what one presumed was a cry of frustration, not that it could be heard

- Malik Ouzia 

EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP A

Olympiacos 2 
Fortounis 33, Rodinei 45+1

West Ham 1
Paqueta 87 

He had just steered an effort onto the roof of the net with an awkward, looping header on the stretch, no sort of chance really, on a par with the couple of half-openings that had found their way to him earlier in the night.

With Michail Antonio prepped and the fourth official’s board about to go up, he knew, though, that his race was run, and that a rare opportunity, just a third start of the season, had passed him by.

With less than an hour on the clock and his side two goals down against Olympiacos here, David Moyes turned earlier than usual to his bench, the changes sparking West Ham’s only real period of pressure and from the boot of substitute Lucas Paqueta a terrific strike that briefly threatened a late comeback.