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West Ham fans: Stratford's a s***hole, we want to go home

West Ham fans turned on their new London stadium during their 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough.

The Hammers were trailing Middlesbrough thanks to a header from Cristhian Stuani before Dimitri Payet's wonder goal settled the result.

The former Olympic Stadium is still not sitting well with some fans, as a section sang 'we should have stayed at the Boleyn' and 'Stratford's a s***hole, we want to go home'.

The atmosphere could have turned uglier six minutes after half-time when Stuani nodded in a corner, but Payet's rescue act prevented a fifth straight loss.

Hammers boss Slaven Bilic stated: “To be fair the guys showed character, they showed the spirit and they showed quality. That's what I asked, what I demanded from them, and they did it.

“It was not enough to win the game – at the moment we are not playing great football in terms of creating lots of chances, but it was a game where we had to fight and work hard.

“Although we are not happy with the result, there were a lot of positives were our performance."

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