If this was meant to be the dress rehearsal for West Ham’s big European night, the boos that greeted both the interval and the final curtain told you everything about what the audience thought of the preview show.
Andreas Pereira’s double for Fulham dispatched a heavy-footed Hammers at the London Stadium on an afternoon where David Moyes’s leading men misplaced their steps, flunked their lines and gave no indication they will be able to overturn a two-goal deficit against unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday night to reach the Europa League semi-final.