West Ham survived an early scare as Danes Silkeborg and Villarreal defeated Hapoel Beer Sheva 3-2 in the Europa Conference League group stage on Thursday.
Silkeborg, who made their first group stage appearance in Europe since the 1997 Intertoto Cup, broke the deadlock less than five minutes later thanks to an effort from Kasper Kusk.
The hammers responded just before the quarter of an hour as Manuel Lanzini converted a spot-kick.
The visitors took the lead in the 25th minute as Gianluca Scamaca claimed his third goal for the club, before experienced centre-back Craig Dawson added a third for the English side before the break.
Sren Tengstad cut the lead of David Moyes’ team with 15 minutes remaining, but they remained on for a second straight win in the competition.
“At 3-1 it should have been comfortable. We had a chance to make it four or five. They were always going to trouble it,” Moyes told BT Sport.
“We worked and got it done. We have come and lived away from home. It’s not easy to win comfortably in Europe.”
Last season’s Champions League semifinalists Villarreal continued their perfect start in the third-tier tournament as 35-year-old striker Jose Luis Morales scored his fourth goal of the campaign in a 2-1 win over Israel.
The home team leveled after hours with an effort from Rotem Hatuel before 21-year-old Alex Baena grabbed the winner for the Spaniards.
After fans’ trouble on the Mediterranean coast last week between Nice and Cologne, the French side drew 1-1 with Serbian Partizan Belgrade as England left-back Joe Bryan opened his account for the Ligue 1 club.
Cologne beat Slovako 4-2 thanks to a double from Austrian midfielder Dejan Lubii.
Earlier, Dutch outfit AZ Alkmaar remained unbeaten in Group E, beating Liechtenstein’s Vaduz 4-1 with Japan’s right-back Yukinari Sugawara and midfielder Dani de Witt scoring in injury time.
Ivory Coast winger Max Gredel scored his third goal of the season in all competitions as Turk Sivasspor beat Romanian Cluj 1–0.
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