West Ham’s 3-0 defeat to Seattle Sounders last night was seen more as a training and fitness exercise rather than a competitive fixture to most of the squad.
The same goes for Lewis Page who was pleased to get some minutes under his belt in front of a packed crowd at CenturyLink Field.
“It was nice getting 45 minutes under our belt, and for the experience,” Page said. “There was a good crowd here tonight, so it was good for me to play under that crowd.” There was a large West Ham contingency amongst the 38,585 fans inside the stadium for the friendly.
The 20-year-old fullback was a late draftee into the starting line-up for Aaron Cresswell and he believes the former Ipswich man is the best there is in the Premier League and is glad he can learn from him.
“Aaron is probably the best left back in the Premier League at the moment, so I’m learning off him in training and I’m looking at exactly what he does, and take everything he does into my game,” Page told ReadWestHam.
A graduate of West Ham’s academy, Page was handed his West Ham debut in the Europa League qualifiers last season and made three appearances in total for the first-team and hopes to be given another chance in the competition at the end of the month.
Page spent some time on loan with Cambridge last season making six appearances before returning to West Ham, and with Stephen Hendrie joining Blackburn on a season-long loan, Page enters the season as West Ham’s deputy left-back.
