Kamfen din West Ham United a Championship ta sha wani babban bugun daga baya a ranar Asabar yayin da suka sha kashi 3-0 a hannun West Brom a London Stadium, wanda ya bar manajan Nuno Espirito Santo cikin keɓewa — yayin da magoya baya ke tambaya da ƙarfi ko ya kamata ya ci gaba a matsayinsa.

Waƙar «za a kore shi da safiya» ta tashi daga magoya bayan West Ham a ƙarshen wasan, tare da Nuno a tsaye shi kaɗai a gefen yankinsa na fasaha a cikin ƙarin mintoci huɗu na azaba. Wani magoya baya, wanda ya ratsa filin daga gaban majalisun 'yan jarida, ya taƙaita yanayin cikin gajere: «Kana buƙatar rubuta abubuwa biyu kawai: West Ham (masu rashin ƙarfi) kuma shi dole ya tafi.»

Wasan ƙayatarwa na Halloween

Lokacin sakamakon — a ranar Halloween — ya zama kamar an shirya shi, yayin da Hammers suka gabatar da wasa mai alamun kakar su duka: karɓar ƙwallaye da sauƙi, ɓata dama, da faɗuwa zuwa matsayi na takwas a teburin Championship. Wannan shine kashi na uku a gida a wasanni huɗu a duk gasa.

Nuno, wanda ya saba da tsayuwa a matsayinsa a jawabai bayan wasa, an tambaye shi kai tsaye ko kujerar sa tana cikin haɗari. «Kullum ina ƙarƙashin matsin lamba. Kowace rana,» ya amsa.

Duk da haka, takaicin da aka gani a fuskarsa yana ba da wata labari daban. Ba shi ne yake rasa ɗan wasa a cikin akwatin hukunci ba, kuma ba shi ne yake ɓata tsarin share ƙwallo a ƙarƙashin mashiginsa kuma ba da abokin hamayya dama ta yanke ƙarshen al'amarin ba. Matsalolin a filin wasan sun kasance na 'yan wasan nasa — amma alhakin, ba makawa, ya faɗo a bakin kofarsa.

Karɓar ƙwallo ta farko — sake

Jigo mai mamaye kakar West Ham ya zama halinsu mai damun zukata na karɓar ƙwallo ta farko. Sun riga sun karɓi ƙwallo ta buɗewa a wasanni 10 daga cikin 16 na gasa a wannan kakar. Ƙwallon buɗewa ta Albion a Asabar ita ce ƙwallo ta huɗu da West Ham suka karɓa a cikin mintoci 20 na farko a duk wasanninsu uku na ƙarshe na gida a gasar — wani lokaci da ba su zura ƙwallo a raga ba a wasan farko na lokaci.

Nuno ya gudanar da taro na musamman tare da ƴan wasan nasa don magance wannan batu musamman a kwanakin da suka gabaci wasan da West Brom. Ba ya da wani tasiri mai ganuwa. Duk da cewa sun sami kusoshi a cikin daƙiƙa 16 na farkon wasan — Mohamadou Kante ya yi ƙoƙarin harba ƙwallo mai bouncing sama da mashigi — masu gida ba su taɓa samun gudansu ba. Isaac Price, Jimmy-Jay Morgan, da Felix Horn Myhre su ne mafi haske a filin wasan a wannan rana, amma sun ɗauki kayan wasan baƙi.

«Yana ɗan damuna ƙwarai da gaske cewa muna karɓar ƙwallo ta farko akai-akai,» Nuno ya yarda. «Sakon ya yi karo da wannan — ra'ayin shine fara wasan a ɗan gaba. Da zarar West Brom suka sami damar kai hari suna zura. Dole mu inganta tsaro kuma mu yi ƙoƙarin zura na farko.»

Rashin 'yan wasan tsaro ana jin nauyinsa

Rashin Konstantinos Mavropanos an ji nauyinsa a cikin akwatunan hukunci biyu. Airidas Golambeckis mai shekara 18 ya maye gurbin a tare da Max Kilman da Morato, waɗanda suka fi shi ƙwarewar aiki, ya kuma wuce yammaci mai wahala. Ƙwallaye shida da aka karɓa a wasanni biyu na gida suna nuna farashin da rashin Mavropanos ya kai.

Duk da haka, akwai ɗan bege. Nuno ya nuna cewa mai tsaro na Girka na iya kasancewa a shirye don wasan Laraba a waje da gida zuwa Cardiff City, bayan ya sami matsalar gwiwa a shan kashin da Southampton ya buge su. «Shi ne ɗan wasa mai muhimmanci sosai a gare mu. Yana ingantawa, muna da kyakkyawan fata,» in ji mai horar da su.

Kashi biyu a jere a gida na hannun Southampton da West Brom sun ba wa kowanne daga cikin ƙungiyoyin biyu damar yin nesa da West Ham a teburin. «Yana yin mana asarar kuɗi sosai,» Nuno ya yarda. «Muna da manufa a bayyane a zukatanmu. Kowane sakamakon da ba mu cimma ba, muna ƙara nisa daga maƙasudanmu. Yana da wuya ƙwarai.» Tambayar da yanzu ke rataye a sama da London Stadium ita ce ko zai kasance a matsayinsa don kokarin cimma wannan manufa.