Supporters were clamouring for West Ham winger Jarrod Bowen to make his full debut against Southampton yesterday, and manager David Moyes duly gave the £22m January signing a place in the starting eleven.
The 23-year-old did not take long to make an impact on his first start for his new club by scoring the opening goal of the 3-1 win after just 15 minutes.
Fans on Twitter were suitably impressed by Bowen’s goal and his performance in general:
Superb Jarrod. All round top drawer performance.
— Simon B (@donsimon78) 29 February 2020
Class player
— ?? (@oohmartinelli) 29 February 2020
Such a good finish
— Rob Bryan (@RobBryan1987) 29 February 2020
Was just waiting for him to start and score ⚒⚒yes Jarrod
— Charli Deejay (@CharliDJ) 1 March 2020
Goal machine exactly what we need
— ST (@ppsplanning) 1 March 2020
We’ve got superb Jarrod Bowen ❤️
— Adam Jessop (@adammmm_1998) 1 March 2020
Wat a finish
— wayne norbury (@norbury_wayne) 1 March 2020
Brilliant performance yesterday- superb home debut
— Ray Coster (@coster_ray) 1 March 2020
Bowen was not the only player in the frontline to impress with Michail Antonio, Sebastien Haller and Pablo Fornals all making telling contributions.
Hopefully, this more ambitious approach from Moyes will be enough to get them out of trouble. The three points has moved them out of the relegation zone on goal difference, but with games coming up against Arsenal, Wolves, Spurs and Chelsea, they are certainly not out of the woods quite yet.
