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West Ham v Wolves live - Premier League latest as Bowen seals game for Hammers after Kudus double

Premier League / Matchday 17
London Stadium / 17.12.2023
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Adam Dickinson

Updated 17/12/2023 at 16:41 GMT


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KUDUS AT THE DOUBLE IN COMFORTABLE VICTORY
A dominant West Ham swept aside Wolves with an emphatic 3-0 victory that if anything was kind to the visitors. The Hammers didn’t crush their opponents in the stats columns but always looked in control of the game against a toothless and vulnerable side.
Mohammed Kudus put his team two goals up within half an hour with two ruthless counter-attacking finishes orchestrated by Paqueta, before the Brazilian also assisted Jarrod Bowen’s third that killed off any hope of a Wolves comeback.
Pablo Sarabia did have the ball in the net at one stage, but it was rightly caught offside on VAR, as Wolves looked shorn of any attacking creativity for much of the game.
The Hammers face a gauntlet over the next month as they take on Manchester United, Arsenal and West Ham in the league plus Liverpool in the Carabao Cup, so David Moyes will rightly be delighted by his side’s ruthless put-down at the London Stadium today.
Brighton’s defeat to Arsenal means West Ham move up to seventh, at least momentarily, level on points with Manchester United and only seven off the Champions League places but Wolves stay 13th, missing out on the chance to capitalise on defeats for Brentford and Fulham.
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KEHRER INTO THE BOOK
Have West Ham announced a fatwa on Jean-Ricner Bellegarde? He's again caught off the ball, this time by Coufal's replacement Kehrer who's only been on the field a few minutes.
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WEST HAM CHANGE
As seven minutes of added time are signalled, Moyes is taking no chances with Coufal on a booking.
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IS HE STILL HERE?
Coufal was lucky to survive the first half but doesn't escape the referee's book there. He sprinted across and bodied Bellegarde, catching him on the head and the midfielder is going to need a concussion check here...
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PAQUETA OFF
And after humiliating the away defence one more time, Paqueta departs.
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HEROES OFF
Two big withdrawals for West Ham...
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PAQUETA DENIED
Paqueta streaked clear with the ball at his feet but slowed up appearing to think he was offside. Kilman leaves nothing up to chance though, taking man and ball with a sturdy tackle to kill the chance, and it turns out Paqueta was in his own half when the ball was played... D'oh!
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SO CLOSE!
That was almost a beauty from Ward-Prowse to heap further misery on Wolves. He gets some mean dip on the ball but it's just a foot or two wide of the post, with the midfielder gutted it didn't for the back of the net. Bentley might've had it covered, but even he looked shocked at the speed of the hit.
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WOLVES DOUBLE-CHANGE
It's not a particularly attacking one from Wolves though Doherty's first job will be defending a set-piece at the perfect range for James Ward-Prowse.
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ONTO THE PODIUM
West Ham nearly had an immediate fourth as Pablo Fornals received the ball in space on the left of the penalty area, but just took a fraction too long to shoot.
That goal moves Jarrod Bowen up to joint-third in the Premier League Golden Boot race, tied with Son Heung-Min.
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GOAL! WEST HAM 3-0 WOLVES (BOWEN)
GAME OVER! And guess who assisted? Bowen plays a 1-2 with Paqueta and races away from the Wolves defence before rolling it across Bentley into the bottom corner for his tenth of the season.
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AIT-NOURI RETURNS
It's the Algerian's first game of December thanks to an ankle injury, Wolves need a big impact...
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HIGH AND WIDE
Lemina attempted a shot from around where Kudus opened the scoring... But he's not Him. The shot doesn't draw and movement from Fabianski, while Alvarez is off for our first change of the match.
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HAMMERS REMAIN DANGEROUS
They're sinking lower and lower into their half as the final whistle inches closer, but the hosts are still a threat on the counter-attack, Bowen is the focal point of this latest move and creates space to shoot, but can't keep it down.
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WOLVES AWAKEN
That disallowed goal has shaken Wolves into life though, they're playing so much more positively as Cunha flashes a shot that's just over the bar and has Fabianski at full stretch.
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GOAL DISALLOWED - WEST HAM 2-0 WOLVES
Cheers from the home fans, bemusement from Wolves. Despite their protestations it wasn't particularly close, they'll need to go again from two down.
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GOAL! WEST HAM 2-1 WOLVES (SERABIA)
From nowhere, Wolves are back in it! For now, VAR are checking though.
It was a quick counter from the visitors, Bellegarde burst forward before switching the play right to Pablo Serabia. He lays it off to the overlapping Semedo but continues his run into the box and receives the return ball at point-blank range and couldn't miss from there.
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WHEN WILL WOLVES CHANGE?
Wolves complete their first proper possession in the danger area but despite a Hwang shot deflecting, they still don't look like scoring.
Gary O'Neil's kept his powder dry so far but a change surely can't be far away...