Many West Ham fans have heaped praise on defender Angelo Ogbonna following his performance in Monday night’s 2-1 victory over Aston Villa.
The 32-year-old opened the scoring for the Hammers just two minutes into the game as he rose highest from a corner to divert the ball to the net.
The Italian centre-back has been in inspired form for much of the season and has routinely appeared at the middle of a back three in David Moyes’ new-look defensive formation.
West Ham have enjoyed a tremendous start to the 2020/21 season and Ogbonna has been very much at the forefront of the transformation – a change he puts down to a ‘winning mentality’.
The Italian arrived in east London from Juventus five years ago and has since made 169 appearances for the club. The 32-year-old, who has 13 senior caps for Italy, was narrowly voted as the Irons Man of the Match on the club’s official Twitter channel and these fans were fulsome in their praise of the “Italian stallion”…
Twitter: @WestHam I’ve gone ogbonna. scored, and masterfully prevented an equsliser (@CampyWHU)
Twitter: @WestHam Ogbonna 100% (@adammmm_1998)
Twitter: @WestHam Ogbonna all day long (@IronessWest)
Twitter: Doggy doing a solid job as usual topped off with the opening goal https://t.co/vsAjNtCJ5B (@terrywhu2)
Twitter: @OgbonnaOfficial @WestHam What a performance. What a lad. Italian Stallion Angelo Ogbonna
(@dylanroodisill7)
Twitter: @OgbonnaOfficial @WestHam Immense again. (@donsimon78)
