West Ham and Slaven Bilic enjoyed opening night at London Stadium

Posted Friday, August 05, 2016 by Skysports.com

Sofiane Feghouli celebrates with the West Ham fans

West Ham manager Slaven Bilic says the noise at the London Stadium was even louder than he was expecting.

The Hammers christened their new home, formerly known as the Olympic Stadium, with a routine 3-0 win over Slovenian side MK Domzale in the second leg of a Europa League tie on Thursday night.

Bilic's team comfortably bounced back after last week's shock 2-1 loss, Cheikhou Kouyate scoring twice before new signing Sofiane Feghouli opened his account in the second half.

And West Ham's new abode was a 54,000 sell-out, despite not looking quite the finished product, with a hastily-laid mixture of astroturf and tarpaulin covering the athletics track.

"The atmosphere?" said Bilic."I didn't know what it would be like.

"This was the first time we could judge it and it was more than I expected. It's loud."

West Ham began life at their new home on Thursday night

"It was brilliant to go out in front of a packed, loud stadium."

Regarding the performance, Bilic felt it was a case of job done, adding: "It's a good feeling. We played well but we aren't going to go overboard."

"It was difficult psychologically for us but, for the stage we are at, we played really good. We were fit, aggressive and played good football."

"We could have scored more goals, but it was a very mature performance. We played badly in the first leg but a week later we are fresher and closer to the season."

Domzale coach Luka Elsner said: "If you want to have any hope against such a big team, then you have to play an excellent game."

"Unfortunately we played a bad game, so the result is logical. But I am proud of my boys."