West Ham keeper Lukasz Fabianski ‘conscious and talking’ after nasty collision

Julen Lopetegui revealed West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski was acutely aware and speaking after being compelled off within the first half of a 1-0 win at Southampton following a nasty collision.

Fabianski was caught late by Saints defender Nathan Wooden after he punched away a nook within the twenty ninth minute and required seven minutes of medical consideration earlier than he was taken off on a stretcher.

Whereas the veteran stopper had an oxygen masks on as he left the pitch, Lopetegui confirmed he didn’t have to go hospital and remained at St Mary’s for the second half the place Jarrod Bowen’s objective after 59 minutes settled a colorless Boxing Day contest.

“He had one massive knock across the head, across the neck and he was not very certain about his actions. Fortuitously the information is he’s speaking, he’s alert, he’s acutely aware,” Lopetegui mentioned.

“I speak with him. The medical doctors say that he feels higher and nicely. I’m optimistic with him.

“He confirmed he roughly recovered his sense. I’m not afraid. We feared however now he’s higher and it’s a optimistic feeling as a result of we had been very apprehensive.”

West Ham had began nicely, with Carlos Soler firing in opposition to the crossbar after 4 minutes, however the hosts responded positively in new boss Ivan Juric’s first match in cost.

Paul Onuachu – on solely his second begin of the marketing campaign – was a continuing menace up entrance for Saints and but failed to attain with numerous first-half possibilities.

Fabianski denied Onuachu with an outstanding save after 25 minutes earlier than he was changed by Alphonse Areola 9 minutes later.

Areola thwarted Onuachu in first-half stoppage time earlier than West Ham thought they’d been diminished to 10 males within the 51st minute when Guido Rodriguez was proven a crimson card for a late deal with on Kyle Walker-Peters.

VAR informed referee Lewis Smith to evaluate the incident on the pitchside monitor and he downgraded his choice to a yellow card earlier than Bowen settled the competition when he poked house after Niclas Fullkrug had flicked on Tomas Soucek’s header throughout the Southampton penalty space.

Lopetegui added: “I’ve to see at all times the match to analyse higher, however my first viewpoint is we had been resilient and capable of undergo as a crew to attain three essential factors in a single contest with a variety of issues.”

New Saints boss Juric was happy with the efforts of his gamers however annoyed with the way of West Ham’s winner after Yuki Sugawara gave away a pointless nook with a misplaced move.

“We play good. We create lots, discover a option to be harmful and I like plenty of issues however disillusioned with the end result,” Juric mentioned.

“We can’t concede this sort of objective as a result of we give a nook too straightforward and you must be targeted on the sport 90 minutes. Not simply in moments.

“After that they’re much extra medical. They’re much extra, like Italians say b******s. More durable, a lot more durable.”