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West Ham fans react to Pablo Fornals display in Leicester win

Jordan Harris

Tue 24 August 2021 7:45, UK

A number of West Ham fans have taken to Twitter to comment on Pablo Fornals after the 25-year-old produced an outstanding display against Leicester on Monday.

David Moyes’s men have made a flying start to the campaign. Fornals opened the scoring before Said Benrahma doubled the lead. Michail Antonio bagged a brace after the break.

It was a stunning display from the Irons. And Fornals was at the heart of a lot of what they did so well against the Foxes.

, he made three key passes. Only Jarrod Bowen made more for either side at the London Stadium.

The headlines obviously belong to Antonio who became West Ham’s all-time leading goalscorer in the Premier League.

But many felt that Fornals was the star of the show. It comes after a campaign in which he scored five goals and contributed four assists.

Several labelled the Spaniard the most underrated player in the top flight. And they have insisted that he was the man of the match in Monday’s victory.

‘Top top player’: West Ham fans laud Pablo Fornals after Leicester win

The win takes the Hammers to the top of the table. And in Fornals, they unquestionably have one of the most impressive midfield players in the division right now.

With that in mind, here is what some of the West Ham fans were saying about Fornals…

Pablo fornals is the most underrated player in the Premier league. The fellas a top top player 👌🏽

— mark sullivan (@bigsul72)

Fornals man of the match today bloke was absolutely everywhere what a player

— CC (@Charliee__C)

Fornals is criminally underrated. What a player.

— Luke ⚒🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@lukejessop16)

Fornals is the real deal

— AS (@tuftymsnevalass)

Mate Pablo fornals is unbelievable every game he gets better and better ! Shout out to Antonio aswell with the 2 goals proper took this summer serious and trained hard to become a proper striker ! Benny look sharp it’s his season to shine coyi

— kai #GSBOUT🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@Kai_taylor5)

Wow finally people jumping on the fornals bandwagon 😂 he has been a vital part of the team since day 1

— ΛLFIΞ ⚒️ (@alfieprior_)

How good is pablo Fornals 🤩

— max🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚒️ (@Whumaxx)

Pablo fornals is literally so good holy cow

— jerry bowen arrow (@west97168380)

Fornals was on another level tonight

— Ram (@ram_rambro)