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Post Match: Bolton Wanderers

Started Last Movement

Jarrod Bowen’s double secured a 3–2 win at Bolton after West Ham recovered from 2–1 down, with Nuno Espírito Santo crediting a stronger second half and the depth of his squad.

No-Guff Summary

  • Bowen scored the opener and the 77th-minute winner.
  • Konstantinos Mavropanos made it 2–2 from an Arne Engels free kick.
  • A third successive win took West Ham top of the Championship on goal difference.
  • Nuno praised the response after a chaotic first half and the impact of his substitutes.
Development

Engels delivery brings West Ham level before break

Arne Engels supplied the cleanest moment of West Ham's first half, delivering the set piece Konstantinos Mavropanos headed in to make it 2-2 at Bolton.

Jarrod Bowen had opened the scoring for West Ham and Ruben Rodrigues converted a penalty for Bolton before Mavropanos restored parity around the half-hour mark.

West Ham Zone reported that Sky Sports co-commentator Dave Edwards called Engels's cross “fantastic” and “world-class”. Grand language, perhaps, but the delivery had the pace and shape to create the equaliser.

Sources

  • West Ham Zone (opens in a new tab) — Reports that Arne Engels's set-piece delivery created Konstantinos Mavropanos's equaliser against Bolton Wanderers and quotes Sky Sports co-commentator Dave Edwards praising the cross.