West Ham forward Marko Arnautovic hasn’t exactly set the world alight since a move to China failed to materialise in January.
The Austrian’s form has been pretty woeful, but he turned on the style in the 1-0 win over Tottenham last weekend. One of the best examples was this sublime piece of control to trap a long ball:
This touch from Arnautovic ? pic.twitter.com/xqRB6lO518
— West Ham United (@WestHamUtd) 30 April 2019
Supporters on Twitter praised Arnautovic’s talent with some hoping he stays put this summer:
He’s got to stay surely but in a different way in attack ⚒
— wayne (@wayne44308649) 30 April 2019
levels pic.twitter.com/L6RMiyB9Vb
— dwex123 (@dwex1231) 30 April 2019
GOAT
— Fabian Sigl (@Voltic_Austri) 30 April 2019
That noise when he brings it down.?
— Carl Hickman (@carloshickman) 30 April 2019
@CallumWHU__ corrr
— Jack Buckland (@jackbuckland02) 30 April 2019
Could he do that on a cold and rainy Tuesday night in Beijing?
— Dan ⚒ (@danbeatles78) 30 April 2019
To bad he didn’t bang it first time, top bins! ?
— jake (@JakeBrant) 30 April 2019
Just watched this for the 20th time today and it still makes me do the same face pic.twitter.com/H9jxI9jblS
— Craig Lawrenson (@LawrensonCraig) 1 May 2019
The 30-year-old has bundles of ability, but the hugely frustrating thing is that he doesn’t always show it on the pitch. The striker hasn’t scored since the beginning of January and has looked disinterested during more than one match in recent months.
Arnautovic’s attitude has been rightly questioned on occasions this season, but if he puts in more displays like the one against Spurs, they will certainly be more fans wanting him to stay come the end of the campaign.
