Aaron Cresswell's red card for cutting down visiting captain Moussa Dembele when he was the last man in first-half stoppage time changed the appearance of a tie that David Moyes' men were beginning to develop into.
Notwithstanding the mishap Jarrod Bowen put the Mallets in front seven minutes after the re-start when he seized on a Jerome Boateng botch in his own crate and completed on the turn.
Yet, it was an uncommon look at objective for the home side, who had to protect for extensive stretches. Their protections were in the end penetrated by on-advance Tottenham midfielder Tanguy Ndombele, who tapped home from short proximity after the ball had been redirected into his way.
Alphonse Areola denied Emerson with a good save as Lyon looked for a champ however West Ham held firm, with Craig Dawson especially noteworthy in their rearguard activity.
Assuming there is any comfort given how the game unfurled, it is that the Head Association side are still in with an opportunity, not at all like the last event West Ham arrived at an European quarter-last, when they were beaten 4-1 in the principal leg at home by Dynamo Tblisi in 1981.We have a truly troublesome game in Lyon now yet that's what we anticipated - it's a lot of all to play for and I would have taken that the manner in which we finished the primary half," said Sledges manager Moyes.
"It was anything but a decent execution however it was a decent, versatile presentation protectively."
Safeguard Craig Dawson felt the Sledges showed "extraordinary fortitude" to answer the difficulty of Cresswell's red card.
"The blueprint changed and we made several possibilities and buckled down, however I wouldn't expect anything more," said Dawson.
"The gathering here is unique - fellowship conveys us forward. It comes from the director. With his experience, he really buckles down for ourselves and gives us the conviction we can do it."Bowen's objective set off euphoric scenes in the stands and a furious response from Moyes, who was feeling pretty abused at how the game had been working out.
Dembele's superfluous wink as Cresswell advanced off was suggestive of Cristiano Ronaldo's scandalous response to Wayne Rooney's excusal during the 2006 World Cup.
As on that event, there was contention over the choice.
Notwithstanding, Cresswell positively got previous Fulham and Celtic striker Dembele's arm after the Lyon player had run past Kurt Zouma and when arbitrator Felix Zwayer decided the full-back was the last man, the result was inevitable.Moyes trusted that Zwayer at the stretch will express his viewpoint, despondent about an apparent foul on Bowen in the development to the excusal, to which the German responded by booking the Sledges director.
"The tackle on Bowen paving the way to it [the red card] was a foul - I would have anticipated that VAR should mediate, it was a similar period of play," demanded Moyes.
"Yet, we are still in with a decent yell - we didn't play well and we can play much better one week from now," he added to BT Game.
The West Ham supervisor had previously been unamused with the authority given he had two times halted play for a physical issue to a Lyon player which was not head related.
However, the Scot's genuine disappointment was held for a fan who ran onto the pitch and constrained the game to be halted similarly as West Ham were pushing forward on an interesting assault near the Lyon box.
Lyon manager Peter Bosz, in the mean time, was despondent his side neglected to capitalize on their mathematical benefit in the final part.
"We needed to win, we played a large portion of a game against 10 men. Whenever you play against 10 players you ought to be winning yet we surrendered a senseless objective," Bosz said.
Bowen again demonstrates his significance to Mallets
Previous Body man Bowen is obviously going to be a critical figure in the bring leg back.
Bowen felt quite uncertain for the game with the heel injury he endured at Liverpool last month that kept him out of the last-16 win over Sevilla.
However, even in a side down to 10 men, he stayed a risk and was hiding behind Boateng - yet in an onside position - as the German neglected to manage a normal break of ownership in the focal point of the punishment region.
It was an extremely valuable exertion against a Lyon side who are a sorry excuse for the group that beat Manchester City en route to arriving at the Bosses Association semi-last two seasons back.
In any case, Moyes spent a decent piece of the development focusing on how significant it was for neither his players nor allies to fail to remember the tie wouldn't be chosen for one more week, and that they shouldn't get baffled if the game missing the mark on bubble of that glorious triumph over Sevilla three weeks prior.
Notwithstanding the potential for a semi-last with Barcelona - which some long-term Mallets fans trust would be the greatest match in their set of experiences, in any event, assessing past prize accomplishments in the FA Cup and European Cup Victors' Cup - they noticed the guidance.
Their energy was stopped by the red card. With 11 men in France, Moyes can be hopeful about getting it once more.
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