West Ham beat Wolves 2-1 in a wild game at Molineux on Saturday as there was delayed VAR drama and James Ward-Prowse scored the winning goal from a corner.
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Wolves took the lead from Pablo Sarabia’s penalty, but West Ham equalised from Lucas Paqueta’s penalty. Six minutes into regulation time, Ward-Prowse scored directly from a corner and it proved to be the winner.
However, Wolves captain Max Kilman scored in the 99th minute, but VAR asked the referee to take a look at it and ruled out that Tawanda Chirewa was in an offside position in front of Lukasz Fabianski when Gary O’Neil again prevented the refereeing.
With the win, West Ham climbs to 48 points and is seventh. Wolves are on 42 points, while their European hopes have suffered a major blow.
West Ham lost Jarrod Bowen to injury in the second half and it’s a big blow if he’s out for an extended period. Bowen got hit in the hip and it was weird because there wasn’t a lot of contact, but he might not get it off his back. Perhaps he was withdrawn due to Thursday’s big Europa League quarter-final first leg at Bayer Leverkusen and Moyes is hoping Bowen will return for the biggest game of his season. West Ham have a lot of attacking ability that dazzles, but Bowen sets the tone and makes them work and if he is out for much of the rest of the season, he will have a huge impact on the Hammers. However, they are in a very smart position, 7th in the championship, and can now concentrate on another European crusade as the strain falls on them against conquering Leverkusen and that may suit them with Kudus, Antonio, Paqueta and Bowen. , in full swing. If West Ham have Bowen, they will have a much better chance of qualifying for a European semi-final for the third season in a row.
Through our friends at FotMob. com, you can see that JWP made a huge impact, as did Paqueta and Zouma. Wolves’ Sarabia all over the place, while Ait-Nouri just before being forced to leave the box through injury.
Wolves will visit Nottingham Forest on Saturday, April 13. West Ham will visit Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday, April 11 for the first leg of the Europa League quarterfinals. They will then host Fulham on Sunday, April 14.
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Sarabia (penalty) 33′; Paqueta (penalty) 72′, Ward-Prowse 84′
In the 9th minute of stoppage time, Max Kilman went home from a corner and Molineux were furious. But VAR takes a look and orders referee Tony Harrington to go to the pitch monitor. He sent off Tawanda Chirewa’s pass, which was in front of Fabianski. Gary O’Neil is happy. Let’s say. . .
Olympic! James Ward-Prowse scored directly from a corner when he put his effort into Jose Sa and into the far corner. West Ham rightly led. They were smart in the second half.
Wolves captain Kilman sticks his arm out and blocks a cross into the box, which is an apparent penalty. Paqueta stepped in and brought him home on a near-accurate penalty from Sarabia. It’s tied with less than 20 minutes to go. That’s all West Ham now. . .
Emerson comes in at the far post and West Ham think they’re tied. . . but the goal was disallowed when Nelson Semedo went down due to a strong gust of wind at Molineux. Sérieusement. I went down under the slightest touch of Emerson on his foot and the VAR looked but did not overturn the resolution on the pitch. It’s very difficult for West Ham.
A genuine fear for West Ham, as Bowen is injured after taking a knock to the hip from Gomes. It seemed harmless enough. He’s back but he’s moving conscientiously and holding his left hip. Michael Antonio replaced Soucek at half-time to check and give West Ham something extra in attack. Johnson also replaced Coufal. Bowen tried to continue but can’t continue. With West Ham set to play Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals, Bowen now faces a race against time to match up for his biggest game of the season.
Aside from that first gold for Muric, the home side were more damaging and have a deserved lead. As things stand, Wolves will overtake West Ham in the table.
After a great collective move, Ait-Nouri came in and Emerson Palmeri knocked him down just as he was about to shoot. Penalty awarded and it’s fair. Emerson snuck in and didn’t get the ball back. Pablo Sarabia intervenes and passes the ball to Fabianski. Good penalty. The home side take the lead.
A corner from Tommy Doyle was kept alive through Wolves and the ball eventually found its way to Doyle on the left side of the box, but his feeble effort held up through Fabianski. This is a very decent opportunity.
Ah, Thomas, West Ham will be ahead. Bowen picked up the ball from Semedo and crossed to Soucek, who only had to touch it. . . But he put the ball under his feet and the opportunity passed. David Moyes will be furious that he has not been ahead of schedule.
His; S Bueno, Kilman, Gomes; Semedo, Gomes, Doyle, Ait-Nouri; Doherty, Lemina; Sarabia
Fabianski; Coufal, Mavropanos, Zouma, Emerson; Alvarez, Soucek; Kudus, Ward-Prowse, Paqueta; Bowen
Wolves are still without Neto and Hwang and this is a blow to their attacking power. They’re also hopeful that experienced defender Craig Dawson will be compatible to return.
OUT: Pedro Neto (hamstring), Hee-chan Hwang (hamstring), Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (knee)
Goalkeeper Areola is still out after suffering an injury to Newcastle’s full-back. Fabianski will start again in goal.
OUT: Alphonse Areola (Adductor)
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