Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen secured a 2-1 win for West Ham against Wolves on an evening marked by tributes to Michail Antonio after the forward’s car crash
Tomas Soucek holds up nine fingers in a tribute to Michail Antonio, West Ham’s No 9, who was injured in a car crash at the weekend.Tomas Soucek holds up nine fingers in a tribute to Michail Antonio, West Ham’s No 9, who was injured in a car crash at the weekend.Pitted against the incompetence of Wolves’ defending, the mediocrity of West Ham’s performance was not enough to bring about the end of Julen Lopetegui’s unhappy reign.
Those lung-busting runs have been a constant feature since the 34-year-old joined from Nottingham Forest in 2015. Supporters love Antonio’s graft and West Ham missed his presence during a soporific first half. Having given Lopetegui one more game to save his job after, there were few signs of an identity developing under the Spaniard. The football was too slow in the final third, the patterns too predictable, and Wolves were not placed under severe pressure before half-time.
It was a rare moment of excitement. West Ham played in spurts, sudden bursts occasionally making Wolves wobble. Bowen tested Sam Johnstone, who also pushed a shot from Mohammed Kudus away, and Konstantinos Mavropanos was guilty of a poor miss from close range. Caution gripped Wolves after. However, there were times when they stretched West Ham.
Wolves spied a reprieve. O’Neil made positive changes, the introduction of Jean-Ricner Bellegarde and Gonçalo Guedes altering the flow. Wolves were incandescent not to have a penalty when Emerson caught Guedes, who was through on goal.O’Neil was still complaining when Wolves scored with their next attack. Guedes was involved again, popping up on the left and finding Aït-Nouri’s overlapping run.
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