Goals from Gianluca Scamacca, Jarrod Bowen and teenager Divin Mubama made it an ideal 10 wins out of 10 for West Ham within the Europa Conference League.
The Hammers put their home struggles to at least one facet to brush previous Cypriot facet AEK Larnaca 4-0 on the London Stadium, and 6-0 on combination.
David Moyes’ facet got here via a two-legged play-off to qualify for the competitors correct after which gained all six of their group matches earlier than dismantling Larnaca to succeed in the quarter-finals.
Scamacca, West Ham’s £35million summer season signing who has struggled to adapt to life within the Premier League, was handed his probability in assault with Michail Antonio, the double goalscorer within the first leg, out injured.
The 24-year-old, whose “physical data” is down on the numbers it ought to be, in accordance with Moyes, seemed wanting to impress from the beginning.
He despatched a roller from 25 yards narrowly broad earlier than discovering the web after 20 minutes.
Fed by Manuel Lanzini contained in the left nook of the penalty space, Scamacca reduce inside defender Mikel Gonzales earlier than firing goalwards.
It was a quite scuffed effort which squirmed via the grasp of goalkeeper Kenan Piric because it rolled in.
Scamacca had the ball within the web once more moments later when he raced on to Lucas Paqueta’s through-ball however an offside flag halted the celebrations.
Larnaca then had a objective dominated out for offside themselves, Nemanja Nikolic denied with VAR confirming the choice.
The guests had been diminished to 10 males simply earlier than half-time, Gustavo Ledes seeing purple for a foul on Pablo Fornals.
The Hammers promptly doubled their lead 90 seconds into the second half when Piric palmed Scamacca’s shot to the toes of Bowen, who completed on the far put up.
And simply two minutes later Bowen, omitted of the England squad earlier on Thursday, scored a 3rd with an audacious header from Aaron Cresswell’s cross.
In the method Bowen turned West Ham’s all-time main scorer in Europe with eight targets.
There was then a particular second for native lad Mubama, the 18-year-old scoring his first profession objective with a neat flick from Tomas Soucek’s header, to wrap up a satisfying evening’s work for Moyes’ males.
