Slaven Bilic and ticket Hughes both had reason to feel pleased at the discontinuance of a compelling contest which finished goallessIf it was not quite a case of Match of the Day leaving the best until last,then West Ham United’s goalless draw with Stoke City was nowhere near as faulty as a cursory glance at the scoreline must make it view. It would have been in the past – imagine a 0-0 draw between Sam Allardyce and Tony Pulis – but these two improving sides are far less functional these days.
There was an agreeably mellow mood around Upton Park at the discontinuance of a compelling contest and Slaven Bilic and ticket Hughes both had reasons to feel pleased; the former because of the way West Ham coped without five key players, the latter with a performance that was a demonstration of Stoke’s brawn and brains combination. This was Stoke’s seventh clean sheet in their past nine matches and West Ham’s moment in a week but there was little negativity.
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Source: theguardian.com