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Bilic unhappy as Antonio miss costs West Ham

Slaven Bilic was left frustrated that his West Ham side were held by Astra after Michail Antonio missed a clear chance for a second goal.

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic was unhappy that Michail Antonio's miss proved so costly in the drawn first leg of their Europa League play-off against Astra.

The visitors took the lead in Romania through Mark Noble's penalty just before half-time and Antonio spurned a glorious chance to make it 2-0 in the second half, hitting the side-netting with the goal gaping after being teed up by Marcus Browne.

Denis Alibec levelled just two minutes later, firing high past Darren Randolph after being allowed time to control the ball following a corner, setting up a tense second leg at London Stadium next week.