West Ham struck three times in the final six minutes to ease the pressure on under-fire West Ham boss Graham Potter as they earned a deserved win at Nottingham Forest.
Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta’s penalty and Callum Wilson’s first goal for the club earned the Hammers their first victory after what had looked to have been a damaging start to the season.
Potter will have been comforted by the Hammers’ solidity in a forgettable first half given their vulnerability in previous games.
They competed well but lacklustre Forest never stretched them and the visitors created the only opening, Paqueta testing Sels.
Underwhelming Forest failed to make a dent against their organised opponents. Goalkeeper Sels kept the hosts in the game after the break, denying Niclas Fullkrug and Wilson before Bowen’s goal and Paqueta’s penalty – after Crysencio Summerville was fouled – and Wilson won it.
Boss Nuno Espirito Santo will now hold talks with Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis as he looks to get clarity on the direction of the club after speaking out on what he viewed as slow transfer progress.
Credit: bbc.com
