An emotional Slaven Bilic said West Hams farewell match at the Boleyn Ground could not have gone any better. [url=https://www.cheapuswnt.com/]USWNT Store[/url] . The West Ham boss watched as his players fought back from 2-1 down with 15 minutes to play to beat Manchester United 3-2 in the final leagu

An emotional Slaven Bilic said West Hams farewell match at the Boleyn Ground could not have gone any better. USWNT Store . The West Ham boss watched as his players fought back from 2-1 down with 15 minutes to play to beat Manchester United 3-2 in the final league match to be played at the clubs home of 112 years.Bilic was in tears as the final whistle sounded and said the occasion - against one of the countrys biggest clubs on a Tuesday night under floodlights - was a special one. It was a great night, he told Sky Sports. Its history. Its not just a game; its against them, its fighting for Europe and everything, its a late night game. And it couldnt be better.All the boxes that you need to have a special kind of game were there tonight. Who would you wish for? Man Utd? Okay. Tick. Late night? Definitely. Thriller. Definitely. Winston Reid scored the winning goal How many goals do you want? Five goals? Yeah? Five goals. It was brilliant.Winston Reid secured his place in the history books by scoring the final goal at the stadium, as West Ham climbed to sixth and kept their hopes of European football alive.Two Anthony Martial goals had threatened to spoil the party as Manchester United went 2-1 ahead, but Bilic insisted his players did not want to let their supporters down on such an important night. Winston Reid will go down in West Ham history as the defender scored the final goal at the Boleyn Ground We were under pressure, he added. We didnt want to lose our last game at this fantastic stadium. We just wanted to win it. This was a win of character.We didnt stop believing. Okay, they are Manchester United, they have scored a couple of great goals and they have individual class which is unbelievable, especially Martial who is pure pace and skill. Mark Noble leads his team-mates off after the match We knew they were highly motivated because it meant a lot to them because they could have overtaken Manchester City, but we should be more than one-up at half-time.We knew, especially when the crosses were coming in, that we are really good if the delivery is good. It came and we scored and we totally deserved it from my point of view. Also See: West Ham 3-2 Man Utd As it happened USWNT Jerseys China . Spains victory rendered Frances 3-0 win against Finland meaningless as Spain needed just one point to secure passage to Brazil. Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema scored either side of Joona Toivios own-goal as France advanced to the playoff among the eight best second-place finishers. USWNT Pro Shop . -- Maxence Parrot of Bromont, Que. https://www.cheapuswnt.com/ .com) - Bayern Munich winger Xherdan Shaqiri is expected to miss the next two weeks because of a thigh injury.SOCHI, Russia - Jonathan Toews doesnt know where hell keep this Olympic gold medal. His mom and dad have the other one from four years ago back home in Winnipeg. "Maybe Ill hang em up together," he says. Toews has not yet reached the age of 26. He already owns two Stanley Cups and now his second gold on the grand Olympic stage - all in the last four years. He also boasts gold from two World Juniors and another from the 2007 Worlds. He scored the first goal in Canadas 3-0 triumph over Sweden in Sundays gold medal match and further cemented himself as one of the defining - if not the defining - winners and crunch-time players of his generation. He was the best player on the biggest stage in Vancouver and remained right up there again this time around in Sochi. That winning feeling never seems to get old. "I think every time you get the chance," said Toews, gold medal still around his neck afterward, "theres still that feeling of nerves that you dont want to pass up the chance to win. You want to do it again. You never know how many chances youre going to get so you want to do the best you can to bring it home. Im just lucky to be part of these teams that want to win as bad as I do." That burning desire to win is what makes Toews such a special player and leader at a wise-beyond-his-years age of 25. Its why the Chicago Blackhawks pinned him with the captaincy at the tender age of 20, this after just a single season in the NHL. He is both willing and able to do whatever it takes to win. Score a goal. Kill a penalty. Win a faceoff. Shut down the oppositions top offensive force. Toews can and will do it all. On this day against the Swedes, it was scoring the elusive first goal and eventual game-winner. Toews, who led the forwards with over 19 minutes, hadnt scored before that in these Olympics, but there he was redirecting a terrific pass from Jeff Carter and setting the tone for Canada. "I know Johnny cares so much about hockey," said Canadian and Blackhawks teammate Duncan Keith, also a winner of two Cups and two Olympic gold medals. "He lives and breathes hockey. Thats the way he is as a person. That sort of stuff doesnt surprise me at all." In the semifinal against the Americans, he was shutting down the previously unstoppable Phil Kessel, keeping the eventual tournament scoring leader (tied with Erik Karlsson) off the board entirely in a tense 1-0 win. USWNT Shirts. In fact, it was the line of Toews, Carter and Patrick Marleau that keyed in on the oppositions best throughout the entire tournament. The trio was a driving force in Canadas dominant defensive effort, one that saw them yield exactly three goals in six games and not one in either the semifinal or final. "Hes a winner," said Alex Pietrangelo, less than two years younger than Toews, but worlds apart in experience. "Resume speaks for itself. Obviously a great leader. Plays the game the right way. Plays the game hard, every practice, every game. Great guy to learn from, great guy to follow." Toews is so respected around the league for his winning accomplishments that even Sidney Crosby, the games top player, checked with his Chicago counterpart before accepting the captaincy for Team Canada. He wanted to make sure Toews, a winner of two Cups to just one for Crosby, was okay with it. For first-time Olympians like Pietrangelo and Matt Duchene, Toews and Crosby were the two to watch here in Sochi, the two to follow on the difficult path to gold, the second in as many Olympics for Canada. "Him and Sid are the two guys I probably look up most to in the league," said Duchene. "You want to follow in the footsteps of those guys." Stepping into the lineup for the injured John Tavares in Fridays semifinal against the U.S., Duchene said he looked to Toews and Crosby for leadership. "...they were kind of my calming factors. I looked at them and saw how they were dealing with it and thought okay, thats where I want to go as an individual so this is how I have to act and how I have to deal with it. "I didnt have any nerves the last two games and that was pretty amazing." For the second time in as many gold medal games it was Toews and Crosby both scoring for Canada - the latter on a breakaway against Lundqvist - both elevating their play under the most pressure-infused of situations. Both knew nothing less than gold was good enough, either for the nation or themselves as individuals. "This is old hat for them this game here," Duchene said with a growing smile. "This probably ranks in the top five biggest games ever [for them], not number one like me by a mile. Its pretty cool. Those are the guys you want to be like as you get older." ' ' '