West Ham progressed to the third spherical of the EFL Cup after a contentious late aim from Jarrod Bowen helped them edge fellow Premier League facet Bournemouth 1-0 at London Stadium.
As the sport heading for a penalty shootout, Bowen emerged as West Ham’s hero, deflecting within the winner with simply two minutes left on the clock, although the ball appeared to strike his arm.
Julen Lopetegui’s Hammers have been on the backfoot for a lot of the first half, which ended with Bournemouth winger Dango Ouattara testing goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski with an acrobatic effort.
The guests went shut once more as Marcus Tavernier brushed the woodwork together with his free-kick eight minutes after the restart, however Bournemouth failed to search out the again of the web regardless of creating loads of probabilities and mustering an anticipated objectives (xG) of 1.01 to West Ham’s 0.8.
And in the end, their profligacy was punished when Bowen turned in Mohamed Kudus’ 88th-minute strike, and with no VAR, there was no reprieve for the Cherries.
West Ham will return to motion once they host reigning champions Manchester Metropolis within the Premier League on Saturday whereas the Cherries will probably be at Goodison Park on the identical day to face Everton.
Bowen brings us the win towards Bournemouth pic.twitter.com/i1FP1VHONG
— West Ham United (@WestHam) August 28, 2024
Information Debrief: Bowen blowing bubbles
Bowen has now scored in every of his final three video games within the EFL Cup, and regardless that he didn’t know a lot about this aim, he was West Ham’s biggest attacking menace, having 5 makes an attempt in whole, and getting three of them on course.
The Hammers have now discovered the web in every of their final six EFL Cup matches, which is the membership’s longest such run within the competitors.
