West Ham fans react to Sebastien Haller’s performance in Aston Villa draw

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West Ham United supporters have praised Sebastien Haller, after he impressed in a 2-1 win over Aston Villa.

David Moyes’ side have gone fifth in the Premier League table with the victory.

The Hammers went ahead very early on in the game through Angelo Ogbonna, who rose highest from a Jarrod Bowen corner to hand the hosts the initiative.

Villa hit back through their captain Jack Grealish, whose strike from the edge of the box took a nick off Ogbonna on its way to finding the far corner.

Moyes threw on Haller and Said Benrahma for Arthur Masuaku and Michail Antonio at half-time, and the decision was instantly vindicated with the Algerian providing a perfect cross for Bowen to head home.

Despite applying plenty of pressure in the second half, Villa could not find an equaliser, with Ollie Watkins missing a penalty after a shirt pull in the box by Declan Rice.

The striker then scored in injury time but VAR found him to be a fraction offside.

Haller was perhaps unfortunate not to start the game, but did well when he came on at the break.

The Frenchman didn’t see a huge amount of the ball, but worked very hard and did show some brilliant link-up play at times, bringing the likes of Bowen and Benrahma into play.

On social media, fans made sure to praise the star for his contributions: