The size of the task facing Nuno Espirito Santo was laid bare as West Ham fell to a 2-0 defeat by Brentford, amidst the backdrop of a supporter boycott, in his first home game in charge.
Nuno had said pre-match that the only way his Hammers players could quell the pocket of supporter unrest was by producing a performance on the pitch, and an energetic start drew the sparsely-populated home crowd into the game. It would not last.
