West Ham United put up a real fight against Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday but could to overturn their first-leg deficit and were knocked out of the Europa League – but manager Xabi Alonso was impressed. West Ham came into the match having gone so close to keep the German champions at bay last week, only to concede two late goals in Germany. Last night, West Ham made a perfect start – going 1-0 up. Jarrod Bowen picked the ball up midway through the Leverkusen half at the London Stadium – curling a ball onto Michail Antonio’s head, who held off both a defender and the goalkeeper to open the scori…