AND DEC Hammers fans want one more year
top-class display.
“I can’t say too much because I talk so glowingly about him and I want to make sure the other players in the team realise they are as important, if not more important,” he said.
asked what he had said to Rice just before his goal, moyes said: “I told him his passing had not been good enough in the opening part of the game. his standards are so high. I’m not just going to pat him on the back all the time. Too much praise makes you soft.”
There was not quite the same early carnage as at St James’ Park but the Hammers still had this game won by the break.
The recalled Aaron Creswell’s fourthminute corner was nodded home at the near post by the revitalised Antonio for his third goal of the week.
The second saw Vladimir Coufal rob Marcus Tavernier before hanging up a far post ball for Paqueta to climb above Jack Stephens to head in.
Watching Saints manager Ruben Seles, who host the Cherries on Thursday, will have taken note of the terrible defending.
Bournemouth rallied briefly with Jefferson Lerma and Dominic Solanke both drawing saves from the returning Lukasz Fabianski. The former Liverpool striker also hit the post in the second half.
But another Hammers corner after 43 minutes yielded another goal. Creswell’s cross was half-cleared and Rice lashed the loose ball home.
Question
“There have been a lot of question marks over my scoring ability,” said Rice. “A few games to go and hopefully I can keep notching.”
Gary o’neil brought on striker Kieffer moore at the break and made a triple substitution after 61 minutes.
But it was a West Ham replacement who had the biggest impact with Fornals converting Jarrod Bowen’s cross in sensational style.
Fellow substitute Max Cornet was denied a fifth from a Fornals pass in the 90th minute by a VAR check for offside.