Mohammed Kudus, Tomas Soucek and an own goal saw the Hammers beat the Serbians.
West Ham made heavy weather of the opening match of their latest European adventure as they had to come from behind to beat Serbian minnows Backa Topola 3-1.
The floodgates failed to open on the pitch in the first half, however, despite West Ham being in the rare position of dominating possession on the soggy surface. Until then it had been one-way traffic after Ward-Prowse had an early free-kick deflected inches over the crossbar. But for all West Ham’s dominance there was still a hairy moment when a corner from Petar Stanic was flicked on by Sasa Jovanovic and bounced right across the six-yard box.
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