Jarrod Bowen's clever first-time finish gave West Ham a late lead at Nottingham Forest and sparked a comeback that produced the club's first league victory of the season. Lucas Paqueta added a second from the penalty spot after Crysencio Summerville was tripped. Callum Wilson also scored, having impressed after replacing Niclas Fullkrug. Forest, with owner Evangelos Marinakis watching, produced a dreadful, untimely collapse that left questions over Nuno Espirito Santo's future. Bowen's goal came from an El Hadji Malick Diouf throw-in and prompted exuberant celebrations. West Ham had been on course for a creditable clean sheet before the late goals.
Just where would West Ham be without Jarrod Bowen? Five days on from confronting angry supporters after Graham Potter's team succumbed to a third successive defeat, Bowen's clever first-time finish gave West Ham a late lead at Nottingham Forest before goals from Lucas Paqueta and Callum Wilson ensured a first league victory of the season, Paqueta from the penalty spot after Crysencio Summerville was tripped in the box.
For Forest, in front of the watching owner Evangelos Marinakis, this was a dreadful performance and a pathetic and untimely collapse. If discussions in the coming days dictate the future of Nuno Espirito Santo at Forest, then the international break will surely bring a little respite for Potter. Until Bowen's intervention with six regular minutes to play, it appeared West Ham would take heart from a creditable clean sheet and avoiding the ignominy of a fourth straight loss.
West Ham's first goal stemmed from a El Hadji Malick Diouf throw-in and ended up with an on-the-turn Bowen squeezing his shot in at Sels's near post. Bowen kissed the West Ham badge and slid on the turf. Paqueta, in the starting lineup after an inquiry from Aston Villa, went ballistic, losing his footing after booting one of the balls behind the goal as his teammates mobbed Bowen.
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