‘We’re disappointed’: Moyes says West Ham player injured his hamstring while running last night

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West Ham United manager David Moyes has issued an injury update on Angelo Ogbonna and Craig Dawson after beating Anderlecht last night.

The 2-1 win at the London Stadium saw West Ham into the knockout rounds of the UEFA Europa Conference League with two games to spare.

Ogbonna lasted only 22 minutes before he was replaced by Dawson, who then had to be replaced himself 15 minutes before the end.

In his post-match press conference Moyes said Ogbonna had a tight hamstring, while Dawson went off with a dead leg.

Moyes on Ogbonna and Dawson

Moyes said: “I think Angelo felt his hamstring. He felt it really early, in his first run.

“He had a little bit of an incident with it in training a week or so ago, with some training we were doing, so obviously he’s someone who was coming back from really serious injury and we’re disappointed he had to miss a big part of tonight’s game.

“He’s making good progress, so let’s hope tonight’s injury isn’t too bad.

“Daws had a dead leg anyway and I think he got another one tonight right in the same spot, so we took him off more as a precaution rather than anything else.”

West Ham’s central defensive injury situation has been a subject of contention for some time and there are obviously two more headaches after last night.

Neither injury sounds particularly serious, although you can never afford to take chances with hamstrings, especially for a player coming off the back of a long injury lay-off.

Next up for West Ham is a trip to Southampton on Sunday, and it remains to be seen what defensive options Moyes has for that one.