Lyon vs West Ham LIVE: Europa League result and final score after Jarrod Bowen and Declan Rice goals
Lyon 0-3 West Ham (West Ham win 4-1 on aggregate): The Hammers are through to their first European semi-final since 1976 after a famous win in France
Follow live reaction as West Ham advanced to their first European semi-final in 46 years thanks to a stunning 3-0 win in Lyon in the Europa League.
With the tie in the balance following last week’s 1-1 draw at the London Stadium, West Ham had to withstand early Lyon pressure before Craig Dawson’s header put them in front.
Captain Declan Rice doubled their lead on the stroke of half-time with a deflected strike before Jarrod Bowen added a third after the restart to send the travelling Hammers into dreamland.
The result is one of the best in West Ham’s history - and David Moyes’ side will face Eintracht Frankfurt for a place in the final after the German side shocked Barcelona at the Nou Camp. Follow reaction to West Ham’s famous win, below:
GOAL! PSV 1 - 0 Leicester (Zahavi, 27’)⚽️
27 mins: PSV lead! It’s a mistake from Youri Tielemans that leads to the opening goal. Tielemans attempts to play the ball back to Jonny Evans but PSV are pressing high and Mario Gotze intercepts. He slides it into the box for Eran Zahavi who finishes with a fine shot from a tight angle.
PSV 0 - 0 Leicester
24 mins: PSV win a corner that Gakpo pulls back to the edge of the box. Veerman miscontrols it and Mauro Junior runs onto the loose ball with a first time shot that gets blasted over the bar!
PSV 0 - 0 Leicester
21 mins: After a flurry of chances at either end of the pitch the game has settled into a more patient rhythm. A couple of crosses come into the Leicester box but both are cleared easily enough.
PSV 0 - 0 Leicester
18 mins: Chance! Just after Schmeichel keeps Leicester on level terms the Foxes have a great chance to open the scoring. Kelechi Iheanacho has control of the ball with runners in front of him. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has apce to run into but Iheanacho threads it into Harvey Barnes instead. An injection of pace takes him into the box and he opens his body up to the far post and sends his low effort wide of goal!
PSV 0 - 0 Leicester
15 mins: Save! PSV break down the left side and Max swings the ball into the box from the wing. He finds Gotze in space and the midfielder volleys a fine effort at goal only to be denied by the fingertips of Kasper Schmeichel!
PSV 0 - 0 Leicester
12 mins: Leicester haven’t been shy in these opening stages. James Maddison shimmies his way nicely into the right side of the box and keep get the ball out from under his own feet in time to shoot. Instead he’s tackled and wins a corner.
Marc Albrighton puts it into the middle but Ibrahim Sangare heads it clear.
PSV 0 - 0 Leicester
9 mins: Chance! Leicester win a free kick over to the left of PSV’s penalty area. James Maddison swings the ball set piece into the middle and picks out Jonny Evans. His glancing header flicks the ball on but it’s too quick for Wesley Fofana to react to and the ball hits him on the head and loops wide of goal.
PSV 0 - 0 Leicester
6 mins: Close! Philipp Max gets forward on the left side and receives the ball off Cody Gakpo. He slides a pass in behind Ricardo Pereira and Mario Gotze collects it just inside the box. He flicks it over to the middle but Eran Zahavi can’t bring it down and the chance goes begging for the home side.
PSV 0 - 0 Leicester
3 mins: Mauro Junior collides with Jonny Evans after the Leicester defender clears his own lines. He looks winded and stays down a moment to recover himself.
The visitors work is nicely down the left side with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Kelechi Iheanacho combining to win a throw in inside PSV’s final third.
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