Danny Ings played in the Champions League and Europa League at Liverpool but this was his first competitive goal in European club competitionWest Ham remain well placed to make back-to-back European semi-finals despite seeing their 100 per cent winning run in the Europa Conference League ended by Gent.
The Hammers looked on course to make it 11 wins out of 11 in Europe this season when Danny Ings tapped home after the hosts were caught out by a quickly taken throw-in.
David Moyes' side, Europa League semi-finalists last season, had to soak up waves of Gent pressure in Belgium and Hugo Cuypers equalised after a clever touch and finish.
Gent piled forward in search of a winner to take into next week's return leg, with Gift Orban - who scored a hat-trick in 205 seconds in the last round - hitting the bar with a wonderful 82nd-minute acrobatic attempt.
There was drama deep in stoppage time when Gent's Kamil Piatkowski was shown a red card for a foul on substitute Lucas Paqueta, but it was overturned after the referee watched the incident again on the pitchside monitor.
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KAA Gent
Squad number33Player nameRoef
Squad number4Player namePiatkowski
Squad number2Player nameOkumu
Squad number23Player nameTorunarigha
Squad number14Player nameCastro-Montes
Squad number24Player nameKums
Squad number13Player nameDe Sart
Squad number7Player nameHong Hyun-Seok
Squad number19Player nameFofana
Squad number11Player nameCuypers
Squad number20Player nameOrban
Squad number8Player nameOdjidja-Ofoe
Squad number18Player nameSamoise
Squad number25Player nameNúrio Fortuna
Squad number34Player nameTissoudali
West Ham United
Squad number13Player nameAréola
Squad number2Player nameJohnson
Squad number21Player nameOgbonna
Squad number27Player nameAguerd
Squad number5Player nameCoufal
Squad number12Player nameDownes
Squad number41Player nameRice
Squad number33Player nameEmerson
Squad number20Player nameBowen
Squad number10Player nameLanzini
Squad number18Player nameIngs
Squad number3Player nameCresswell
Squad number9Player nameAntonio
Squad number11Player nameLucas Paquetá
Squad number22Player nameBenrahma
Line-ups
KAA Gent
Formation 3-5-2
33Roef
4Piatkowski2Okumu23Torunarigha
14Castro-Montes24Kums13De Sart7Hong19Fofana
11Cuypers20Orban
33Roef4PiatkowskiBooked at 73mins2Okumu23TorunarighaSubstituted forDomingos Matias Fortunaat 65'minutes14Castro-Montes24Kums13De SartBooked at 47mins7HongSubstituted forOdjidja-Ofoeat 64'minutes19FofanaSubstituted forSamoiseat 65'minutes11Cuypers20OrbanSubstituted forTissoudaliat 83'minutesSubstitutes
1Nardi8Odjidja-Ofoe10Hauge15Lagae18Samoise25Domingos Matias Fortuna29Depoitre31Godeau34TissoudaliWest Ham
Formation 3-4-2-1
13Aréola
2Johnson21Ogbonna27Aguerd
5Coufal12Downes41Rice33Emerson
20Bowen10Lanzini
18Ings
13Aréola2Johnson21OgbonnaBooked at 34mins27Aguerd5CoufalBooked at 87mins12DownesBooked at 23minsSubstituted forLucas Paquetáat 74'minutes41Rice33EmersonSubstituted forCresswellat 88'minutes20Bowen10LanziniSubstituted forBenrahmaat 61'minutes18IngsSubstituted forAntonioat 60'minutesSubstitutes
1Fabianski3Cresswell4Zouma8Fornals9Antonio11Lucas Paquetá14Cornet22Benrahma24Kehrer28Soucek49Anang72MubamaReferee:Anastasios SidiropoulosLive Text
Match ends, KAA Gent 1, West Ham United 1.
Second Half ends, KAA Gent 1, West Ham United 1.
VAR Decision: No Red Card Kamil Piatkowski (KAA Gent).
Hand ball by Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (KAA Gent).
Attempt saved. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Paquetá.
Attempt missed. Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (KAA Gent) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Alessio Castro-Montes.
Julien De Sart (KAA Gent) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michail Antonio (West Ham United).
Foul by Hugo Cuypers (KAA Gent).
Ben Johnson (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (KAA Gent) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Attempt blocked. Julien De Sart (KAA Gent) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe.
Substitution, West Ham United. Aaron Cresswell replaces Emerson.
Vladimír Coufal (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card.
Hugo Cuypers (KAA Gent) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Vladimír Coufal (West Ham United).
Attempt missed. Tarik Tissoudali (KAA Gent) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matisse Samoise.
Attempt blocked. Alessio Castro-Montes (KAA Gent) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, KAA Gent. Tarik Tissoudali replaces Gift Orban.
Gift Orban (KAA Gent) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Julien De Sart.
