West Ham United secured progression from their UEFA Conference League group by defeating RSC Anderlecht at the London Stadium. The Hammers maintain their 100% UECL record, extending their winning streak in all competitions to four.Saïd Benrahma could be accused of being wasteful in the reverse fixture, but the Algerian quickly atoned for that here, guiding a precise free-kick beyond Hendrik Van Crombrugge’s reach for his second European goal of the season. Jarrod Bowen was tasked with leading the line, and after offering a suggestion of his threat via an offside snapshot, the England international doubled the Hammers’ lead. Emerson Palmieri drove forward down the left before pulling back to Bowen, who rifled into the top corner from the edge of the box. The 25-year-old was then unable to convert Aaron Cresswell’s pull-back before a Fábio Silva-led counter-attack ended with Sebastiano Esposito testing Alphonse Areola.Having largely controlled the first period, West Ham remained on top after the break, almost finding a third goal when they carved through Anderlecht, but halftime substitute Pablo Fornals saw his close-range effort blocked. David Moyes made further changes just after the hour mark, introducing Declan Rice and Gianluca Scamacca, as Bowen left the field now tied as West Ham’s all-time top European goalscorer with six goals to his name. Injuries to centre-backs Angelo Ogbonna and Craig Dawson looked to be the only negative from a Hammers’ point of view, but an unlikely late penalty conceded by Ben Johnson allowed Esposito to haul his side back into the contest.Nevertheless, West Ham did enough to see out victory, leaving them out of Anderlecht’s reach thanks to an eight-point gap. Meanwhile, the Belgian side extend their unwanted record on English soil, having failed to win a UEFA European away game in 90 minutes on 17 occasions, losing 15 of those.UEFA CONFERENCE LEAGUE – GROUP STAGERound 4ThursdayPartizan – Koln 2-0 (1-0)/Diabate 15, Gomes 52/Basaksehir – Rigas 3-0 (2-0)/Turuc 11, Okaka 45, 72/Fiorentina – Hearts 5-1 (4-0)/Jovic 6, Biraghi 22, Gonzales 32, 78 pen, Barak 38 – Humphrys 47/Austria Vienna – Villareal 0-1 (0-0)/Jackson 87/Apollon Lim. – AZ Alkmaar 1-0 (1-0)/Roberge 32/Djurgarden – Gent 4-2 (3-0)/Holmberg 21, Wikheim 42, 46, Banda 45+5 – Depoitre 61, Cuyper 73/Cluj – Slavia Praha 1-0 (1-0)/Deac 11/Slovan B. – Basel 3-3 (1-1)/Weis 45+2 pen, Kucka 49, Cavric 53 – Males 29 pen, Diouf 65, Zeqiri 72/FCSB – Silkeborg 0-5 (0-2)/Kusk 12, Klynge 16, Tengstedt 63, Jorgensen 68, 70/West Ham – Anderlecht 2-1 (2-0)/Benrahma 14, Bowen 30 – Esposito 88 pen/Hapoel B.S. – Lech Poznan 1-1 (1-1)/Hemed 9 – Szymczak 44/Nice – Slovacko 1-2 (1-0)/Diop 14 – Tomic 75, Reinberk 87/Vaduz – Dnipro-1 1-2 (1-1)/Rastoder 30 – Hamache 25, Dovbyk 90+1/Shamrock – Molde 0-2 (0-1)/Fofana 33, Eriksen 69/Ballkani – Sivasspor 1-2 (1-0)/Thaqi 36 – Arslan 72, Angielski 81/Zalgiris – Pyunik 2-1 (2-0)/Ourega 23, Oliveira 43 – Ozbiliz 77 pen/©FlashScore
