Juve striker Gonzalo Higuain goes down after a tackle by James Collins, yesterday.Juve striker Gonzalo Higuain goes down after a tackle by James Collins, yesterday.

Andy Carroll scored his first goals at the London Stadium as West Ham officially opened their new home with a 3-2 friendly defeat to Juventus, yesterday.

The Hammers may have already hosted their first game at the venue formerly known as the Olympic Stadium when they beat Slovenians NK Domzale in a Europa League qualifier last Thursday.

But their grand opening was reserved for the Italian champions and striker Carroll quickly looked at home in his new surroundings with two well-taken strikes.

However, Italy striker Simone Zaza, a reported transfer target for the Hammers, secured victory for the visiting team with six minutes left.

Juve handed Gonzalo Higuain, their €90 million signing from Napoli, a first appearance as a half-time substitute.

By then Juve had already found the net twice in three minutes, with Paulo Dybala opening the scoring and then teeing up Mario Mandzukic for the second.

West Ham’s defending was giving manager Slaven Bilic cause for concern ahead of this week’s Premier League opener at Chelsea, but they at least looked menacing in attack with Enner Valencia also rattling a post.

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