West Ham Player Left In Tears After Fulham Match As One Team-Mate Consoles Him

A West Ham player was left in tears on the pitch after his side's 1-0 Premier League defeat to Fulham.

Raul Jimenez scored an 85th-minute winner for the Cottagers at the London Stadium to consign West Ham to another defeat.

Nuno Espirito Santo's side remain in 18th place and five points away from safety.

Mexico international striker Jimenez pounced following a defensive error from left-back Ollie Scarles, who is the only fit player in his position available for selection by the Hammers.

After the match, the West Ham academy graduate could be seen in tears as he applauded the home faithful at the London Stadium.

According to The Athletic's Roshane Thomas, not all of Scarles' West Ham team-mates walked over to console him after the full-time whistle.

A clip posted to social media shows that opposite full-back Kyle Walker-Peters did embrace the 20-year-old near the centre circle, before staying with him as the pair applauded the supporters and walked back down the tunnel.

And although Scarles committed the defensive error that led to Fulham's equaliser, Hammers fans say their more senior players should take more than their fair share of the blame for the overall performance and their position in the table.

"Nothing to do with the continuous headless defending from our multi-million pound centre-halves," one fan said.

Another wrote: "Every one of the high earners should walk over the stadium and apologise, not the kid with his fourth game of the season."

A third said: "Thought he had a good day up until then too, bad mistake but he cannot be solely blamed ffs."

While a fourth stated: "He wasn't the only one who was poor and the ball to him was not the right one but he will learn."

And a fifth fumed: It's unfair on him, people expect too much from the kid. The fact he starts, that the squad is so weak, is the real issue here. [Majority owner, David] Sullivan has created this s**tshow."