Jarrod Bowen Ignites West Ham Late Show In Victory At Nottingham Forest

Just wherever would West Ham beryllium without Jarrod Bowen? Five days connected from confronting angry supporters aft Graham Potter’s squad succumbed to a 3rd successive defeat, Bowen’s clever first-time decorativeness gave West Ham a precocious lead astatine Nottingham Forest earlier goals from Lucas Paquetá and Callum Wilson ensured a first convention triumph of nan season, Paquetá from nan punishment spot aft Crysencio Summerville was tripped successful nan box.

For Forest, successful beforehand of nan watching proprietor Evangelos Marinakis, this was a dreadful capacity and a pathetic – and untimely – collapse.

If discussions successful nan coming days dictate nan early of Nuno Espírito Santo astatine Forest, past nan world break will surely bring a small respite for Potter. Until Bowen’s involution pinch six regular minutes to play, it appeared West Ham would return bosom from a creditable cleanable expanse and avoiding nan ignominy of a 4th consecutive loss.

Wilson impressed, forcing Matz Sels to extremity complete a deflected onslaught wrong a fewer minutes of replacing Niclas Füllkrug and nan striker later tested nan Forest goalkeeper again from an awkward perspective aft showing spot successful nan box.

But Bowen’s extremity gave West Ham nan leg-up that prompted Forest to crumble. West Ham’s first extremity stemmed from a El Hadji Malick Diouf throw-in and ended up pinch an on-the-turn Bowen squeezing his changeable successful astatine Sels’s adjacent post.

Bowen kissed nan West Ham badge and slid connected nan turf. Paquetá, successful nan starting lineup aft an enquiry from Aston Villa, went ballistic, losing his footing aft booting 1 of nan balls down nan extremity arsenic his teammates mobbed Bowen. Then it was Paquetá’s turn, nan Brazil midfielder sending Sels nan incorrect measurement aft Summerville was tripped by Ibrahim Sangaré, who had been a target for West Ham.

Things quickly spiralled for Forest, who struggled to trial Mads Hermansen astatine nan different end. Chris Wood sent a tame header astatine nan West Ham goalkeeper a infinitesimal into nan 2nd half but it was a listless display.

Nothing came disconnected for Morgan Gibbs-White, and Elliot Anderson, specified a accordant performer, was outfoxed successful midfield. Wilson capped nan scoring, glancing successful Diouf’s transverse unmarked aft eluding Murillo. Those managerial talks pinch Marinakis committedness to beryllium interesting.