Compliments mean little to West Ham at this stage of the season. They hit the woodwork three times, had a goal ruled out for a tight offside and contributed to an entertaining game against strong opposition but none of that mattered when full time arrived and Nuno Espírito Santo faced up to his side missing a huge opportunity to take a big step towards winning their fight against relegation. It remains too tight to call. This defeat keeps West Ham two points above the bottom three and means they will drop into the relegation zone if 18th-placed Tottenham beat Aston Villa on Sunday night. The frustration gnawed at West Ham. They could have heaped pressure on Tottenham but were undermined by frailties in both boxes and Brentford took full advantage, moving into sixth place and boosting their hopes of qualifying for Europe thanks to a messy own goal from Konstantinos Mavropanos, Igor Thiago scoring for the 22nd time in the league this season and Mikkel Damsgaard rounding off the scoring with a clever shot.…