On This Day: Hammers glide past Gent en route to Prague

A highly impressive second-half attacking showing secured a 4-1 win for West Ham United at home to KAA Gent in the second leg of our UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-final on this date in the calendar a year ago. 

Declan Rice's memorable solo effort came following Michail Antonio’s equaliser and Lucas Paquetá’s penalty before Antonio confidently dispatched a fourth on 63 minutes. 

There had been nerves in east London after Gent took the lead thanks to Hugo Cuypers’ first-time finish from eight yards on 26 minutes, giving the Belgian side a 2-1 aggregate lead after the 1-1 draw in the first leg. 

But David Moyes’ men kept their resolve, showed attacking intensity and ultimately secured a sensational 5-2 aggregate win to set-up a fifth European semi-final for West Ham.

The Irons would, of course, go on to lift the trophy in Prague less than two months later.

You can watch all the goals from a memorable night in the video player above!


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