If Europe is to save West Ham's sorry season, they have it all to do next week, and they will not be underestimating the visit of Gent to the London Stadium after this.
The side sitting fourth in Belgium's top division were a constant threat at the Ghelamco Arena, energised by their buoyant support.
'Fighting spirit since the Middle Ages,' read a banner in the home end and they showed that attitude in abundance to get back into this game after falling a goal down.
Gent's 'De Buffalos' nickname derives from when Buffalo Bill brought his Wild West circus to the city in the late 1800s and for all the good we saw from Hein Vanhaezebrouch's team, their defending for West Ham's opener was clownish in the extreme.