With plenty of downcast expressions across Essex and London yesterday, the post-match analysis by West Ham’s backroom staff and head coach Nuno Espírito Santo makes for bleak reading.

If it was part of an appraisal at work then special measures would be introduced.

To put it bluntly, every player who donned the claret and blue on Monday night should feel deeply embarrassed.

Brentford’s Michael Kayode carved out six chances in open play—more than any Brentford player has ever managed in a Premier League match. In the first half alone, the Bees unleashed 15 shots to West Ham’s solitary effort, setting a new club record for most attempts in an away Premier League fixture. By full-time, Brentford had racked up 22 shots, seven on target, an expected goals (xG) tally of 2.3, 42 touches in the Hammers’ box, and ten corners.

West Ham, by contrast, posted an xG of just 0.33, with seven shots, only one on target, and six corners.

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