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David Moyes told West Ham's fans to keep dreaming of a Europa League final, with the manager insistent that his team can repeat their iconic 1976 comeback against Eintracht Frankfurt next week.
Just like 46 years ago against the same opponents in the European Cup Winners Cup, West Ham lost this first leg 2-1. They went on to win 3-1 in the second leg, although that was at Upton Park.
They will now have to overturn the one-goal deficit at Frankfurt's Deutsche Bank Park in front of 50,000 boisterous home fans, though Moyes believes they can do that.
David Moyes admitted his team were not good enough to win the first leg with Frankfurt
The West Ham boss conceded they have a 'lot to do' if they are to reach the Europa League final
'It's not what we wanted,' the Scot said. 'We didn't play well enough to get a result but it's still there. It's not gone. We'll go to the second leg probably not fancied and do what we can to still make it.
'There's another game to play. Hopefully we'll play better. We've a lot to do. The players have got great character. We