Mohammed Kudus scores brace in West Ham big win over Freiburg
Ghana international Mohammed Kudus was twice on the scoresheet for West Ham United who beat Freiburg to progress to the quarterfinal of the Europa League.
The 23-year-old scored both goals in the second half of the fixture as the Hammers turned around their first-leg deficit to advance into the next stage of the competition.
David Moyes’ side came into the second leg trailing 1-0 after their defeat in Germany.
Lucas Paqueta gave the Premier League side a perfect start to the game, opening the scoring after just nine minutes.
Jarrod Bowen doubled the lead in the 32nd minute to give West Ham the lead for the first time in the tie before Aaron Cresswell scored a third with a brilliant strike.
Kudus then took over the show as he scored his first goal in the 77th minute.
The Ghanaian took possession in his own half before driving past four Freiburg players and then finishing with his weaker foot to make it 4-0.
The victory was wrapped up in the 85th minute as Kudus’ left-footed strike beat the goalkeeper and into the bottom corner for the fifth goal.
West Ham now advance to the last eight of the competition with the draw set for Friday, March 15.
