West Ham: Fans praise Jeremy Ngakia for his debut performance against Liverpool

West Ham United moved even closer to the relegation zone on Wednesday as they suffered a 2-0 home defeat against Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool.

The result means that the Hammers are now above the bottom three by just a single goal (BBC Sport), so the threat of relegation is now very real for David Moyes’ side.

There were few positives to come from the defeat against the league leaders, but several fans did come away happy with the performance of youngster Jeremy Ngakia.

The 19-year-old was making his first-team debut for West Ham, replacing Pablo Zabaleta in the right-wing back position, and he may just have cemented the spot for their next game against Brighton.

Indeed, playing in the top flight for the first time, the young Englishman did fairly well, winning 66.7% of his ground duels and making two successful tackles. Added to that he wasn’t dribbled past at all during the game (SofaScore).

His display certainly caught the eye of plenty of West Ham fans, many of whom took to Twitter to heap praise on him after the game. Here is what some had to say…

Looked very good at attacking and he’d work on positioning as a wing back. Should become a top player

— Arthur Powell (@Arthur_WHU) January 29, 2020

Composure and decision making was on point. Starts over Zaba on Saturday for sure

— David Massey (@davidmassey_) January 29, 2020

Very good debut performance! Really liked watching him play! Held his own well ⚒

— AJH (@AlexanderHowes) January 29, 2020

Done well 👏👏

— Raythehammer (@Raymondosmithy) January 29, 2020

Thought, given that he was thrown in the deep end, he did really well. Composure, positioning and energy. Well done. I’d play him Saturday too.

— Paul Maxin (@PaulMaxin) January 30, 2020

where has he been all season? honestly a baller

— . (@kats1_dadon) January 29, 2020

He played fantastically tbh

— jbrook147 (@jbrook1471) January 29, 2020

I really hope we start ngakia again i felt like he was our star player on the pitch. He was creative, fast and had a very good attitude towards the game

— Vp Dirty (@DirtyVp) January 29, 2020