West Ham fans slam Benrahma

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West Ham United: Fans slam Said Benrahma against Tottenham

By Emilio Galantini

Published Oct 24, 2021

Flocking to Twitter, many West Ham fans were left unimpressed with the performance of attacker Said Benrahma against Tottenham Hotspur this afternoon.

Flocking to Twitter, many West Ham United fans were left unimpressed with the performance of Said Benrahma against Tottenham Hotspur this afternoon.

David Moyes' men were looking to improve on their recent Premier League home record and took on London rivals Spurs in one of their most highly-anticipated derbies of the season.

Fresh off the back of an impressive midweek win over Genk in the Europa League group stage, taking full control of that contest and placing one foot into the last 16, today's encounter came as a totally different beast.

The match was on a knife edge for the most part until Aaron Cresswell's corner midway through the second half fell to Michail Antonio, who made no mistake and opened the scoring for 1-0.

One man who certainly didn't impress some supporters with his display during the contest, though, was Benrahma - who has been handed more of a chance by Moyes this season compared to last.

Some Irons supporters felt that he has failed to truly grasp his chance, with the Algerian struggling to really make his mark on a consistent basis at the London Stadium today. As per SofaScore, he finished the match as West Ham's lowest-rated starter and was hauled off by Moyes 10 minutes from full-time, having lost seven of his nine duels, completed just one of his five attempted dribbles and given the ball away 12 times.

He often cut an "anonymous" figure against Spurs and couldn't really stamp his authority or creativity on the game, so it's little wonder why some supporters feel he underperformed. One angry Irons fan even fumed that the Algerian was "playing for Tottenham".

Check out some of the fans' verdicts on the 26-year-old below.