West Ham’s Bowen punishes woeful Wolves defence in 2-1 home win

West Ham United’s Jarrod Bowen scored midway through the second half to earn a 2-1 Premier League home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday, whose poor defending again cost them second in the standings. went 19th with 9 points from 15 matches while West Ham is 14th with 18. The 38 points Wolves have scored is the most in the top flight this season. The game saw a minute’s applause after the ninth minute for 34-year-old Hammers striker Michael Antonio, who is recovering in hospital after surgery on a broken leg. Saturday in a car accident. With both managers – West Ham’s Julen Lopetegui and Wolves’ Gary O’Neil – struggling to turn things around after their teams’ disappointing starts to the season, pre-match talk aboutWhose job was most at risk? It was Lopetegui’s Hammers who broke the deadlock in the 54th minute through Tomas Sucic from the 10th corner. The Czech midfielder marked the far post to send a looping header across goal into the net. The goal was Wolves’ eighth from a corner and 15th from set-pieces this season, excluding penalties, more than any other top-flight team. Wolves managed to score in the 69th minute through Matt DohertyAppeals for a harsher sentence turned the city around. The lead was short-lived as Wolves’ defensive frailties were once again exposed, Bowen flicking on his left foot in the box before burying the ball in the corner three minutes later. Having conceded their equalizer so soon after, Wolves struggled to build any momentum and, aside from a few innocuous off-target shots, they barely threatened.