West Ham's survival hopes take a blow after defeat to Brentford
When Tomas Soucek's effort grazed a post in the final stages of West Ham's defeat at Brentford on Saturday, their supporters could have been forgiven for exchanging exasperated looks.
The 3-0 scoreline at Gtech Community Stadium may point to a comfortable victory for Keith Andrews' Europe-chasing side, but it tells only half the story.
West Ham struck the woodwork four times - a joint record in the Premier League this season - with Valentin Castellanos hitting a post either side of Konstantinos Mavropanos' first-half own goal, before Crysencio Summerville slammed a powerful drive against the crossbar with the score at 3-0.
Soucek was first to the rebound but guided his effort against the outside of a post.
