Jarrod Bowen suffered a dislocated finger towards Wolves however West Ham supervisor David Moyes was simply glad his toes have been pointing in the suitable route.
Bowen needed to have his digit realigned after it was bent horribly misplaced shortly after wrapping up a 2-0 victory for the Hammers with a neat flip and end.
It was the World Cup hopeful’s first Premier League aim of the season and helped elevate West Ham out of the relegation zone.
When the grotesque harm was described to Moyes, the Hammers boss quipped: “His feet have been doing that at times this season.”
Italian striker Gianluca Scamacca, the £30million summer time signing from Sassuolo, additionally bought off the mark within the Premier League with a spectacular 20-yard half-volley, and Moyes was delighted along with his entrance two.
“I think we’ve played better this season and not picked up the points we deserved,” he added.
“But the most important thing was that our finishing was miles more clinical than we have been.
“They both did a really good job. Gianluca was very good. We really like him, he’s slightly different from what we’ve got. We are still trying to integrate him.”
Bowen was picked for England’s final Nations League squad however didn’t make it onto the pitch, casting doubt on his World Cup probabilities.
But Moyes mentioned: “That was huge for Jarrod. I told him that if he scores five or six goals he’ll be on that aeroplane. Today was a typical Jarrod Bowen goal. That was more like Jarrod.”
Wolves boss Bruno Lage handed Diego Costa a 30-minute cameo in its place however the 33-year-old former Chelsea striker, signed as a free agent final month, couldn’t forestall the division’s lowest goalscorers from slipping into the underside three.
Costa made his first Premier League look since May 2017, and a primary anyplace since January, however when the veteran’s solely actual likelihood got here from an Adama Traore cross the rust confirmed as he planted a free header broad.
Nevertheless, Lage mentioned: “He was very good, 30 minutes at a good level. Now we have this problem in our hands and its about me to find the best decisions.
“He’s been working with the team for two weeks and I’m happy with what he did.
“It was a defeat, zero points and zero goals but we are a different team when we have a striker to play between the centre-backs.”
Lage’s late substitution of Matheus Nunes was met with a refrain of, ‘you don’t know what you’re doing’ from the Wolves followers, and he was booed off on the finish.
The 46-year-old added: “I think it was about the subs. There are things that happen, sometimes we need to take the decision. Let’s see if Matheus can play the next game.”
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