Fact File: West Ham United star Cheikhou Kouyaté

First career brace

As well as netting the Londoner’s first goal at the commonly known Olympic Stadium, Kouyaté doubled the home side’s advantage in the 25th minute, therefore completing his first-ever career brace.

West Ham went on to win the match 3-0, thanks to a further strike from summer signing Sofiane Feghouli.

However, Slaven Bilic’s men failed to reach the group stages of this season’s UEFA Europa League after being knocked out by Astra Giurgiu in the following qualifying round.