Mueez Ajao
– Ukraine winger Andriy Yarmolenko’s extra-time goal earned West Ham United a 2-0 win over Sevilla on Thursday and took the English side into the Europa League quarter-finals.
– Yarmolenko had been granted compassionate leave after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and missed West Ham’s 1-0 loss in the first leg in Spain due to illness, but he reacted sharply to send the London club into a European quarterfinal for the first time since 1981.
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– Tomas Soucek had headed in Michail Antonio’s cross at the far post to put West Ham in front five minutes before halftime and the teams finished deadlocked at 1-1 on aggregate after 90 minutes.
