West Ham

The tears were flowing at the London Stadium on Thursday night in what was a momentous night in West Ham United's history.Fittingly it was Ukrainian.

Who would have said two years ago we’d have a night like tonight – but I see a great chance for things to still improve.” It was a really great night and one we really enjoyed. No. But we put out the team who are serial winners, so that will give us a lot of confidence. “Are we favourites to win it? Manager Moyes, referencing the club’s new unofficial anthem, said: “Tonight we were massive, the way we played. “It was so, so special tonight,” Rice added.

West Ham will play Lyon and Rangers face Braga in the Europa League quarter-finals after avoid the most daunting-looking opponents in Friday's draw.

Leicester will meet PSV Eindhoven in the quarter-finals of the Europa Conference League, playing the first leg at home on 7 April and the return a week later. West Ham beat the record six-time winners, Sevilla, 2-1 on aggregate to reach their first European quarter-final since 1981. Barcelona will take on Eintracht Frankfurt and RB Leipzig drew Atalanta in the other ties.

Nobody present at London Stadium for Thursday's UEFA Europa League round of 16 second-leg win over Sevilla will ever forget it. For every generation of West ...

Noble leapt on Declan Rice's back and cried tears of joy. The players celebrated by leaping on one another. When the game kicked off, West Ham were at it, almost from start to finish. Another wall of noise greeted the referee’s final whistle. And, of course, there was the manager: David Moyes’ steely determination to transform West Ham into a team to be feared, into a new force not just in English but in European football, and his jubilant celebrations at the final whistle. The atmosphere was building in and around the ground from mid-afternoon, with fans descending on Stratford, Hackney Wick and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park from far and wide to be a part of the Club’s biggest European night in at least two decades, arguably four.

Michail Antonio is set to be fit for West Ham's trip to Tottenham Hotspur (Photo by David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images).

But already he is way ahead of the number of games he normally plays [in a season] so physically he is getting better and that is really important and he is looking after himself much better as well." "I do not see any reason why he should not be [fit]," Moyes said. Not only did Antonio recover in time but the striker was fit enough to last until the final minute of extra-time against Sevilla and put in a fantastic performance to boot.

The story of West Ham progressing incredibly under David Moyes in less than three season from near relegation to Europa League quarter-final.

Then, who else but Ukranian Andriy Yarmolenko to tap home the winner. Soucek climbed to high to head home and give the fightback life. The Hammers were struggling in 16th, just two points off 19th place.

The Hammers beat record six-time winners Sevilla 2-1 on aggregate in the round of 16 to reach their first European quarter-final since 1981. David Moyes' side ...

The Glasgow side will travel to Portugal on April 7, with the second leg to be played at Ibrox a week later. David Moyes' side will have home advantage in the first leg on April 7, with the return to be played in France on April 14.