The cavalry came to West Ham’s rescue on Thursday night as David Moyes’s three substitutes combined to maintain their perfect record in this season’s Europa Conference League group stages.
Moyes’s nine changes showed on a fair night in Brussels with the rusty Said Benrahma squandering at least three chances to score, blazing one opportunity over an open goal.
Yet the introduction of Gianluca Scamacca, Lucas Paqueta and Declan Rice in the 70th minute made it three wins from three. Rice’s diagonal ball switched the play before Paqueta fed Scamacca, who turned and scored to hand West Ham a 1-0 win over Anderlecht.