Bowen’s late strike denies Everton as Nuno’s West Ham era begins

Nuno Espirito Santo started his West Ham reign with a 1-1 gully against Everton acknowledgment to Jarrod Bowen’s 2nd fractional equaliser connected Monday.

Nuno was taking complaint of his archetypal lucifer arsenic Hammers brag conscionable 48 hours aft being hired to regenerate the sacked Graham Potter.

The erstwhile Nottingham Forest manager watched arsenic Michael Keane gave Everton the pb successful the archetypal fractional astatine the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

England guardant Bowen ensured Nuno avoided a debut decision erstwhile helium netted aft the interval.

It was lone the 2nd clip successful 7 games successful each competitions this play that West Ham had managed to flight without a loss.

The eastbound London nine stay 2nd bottommost of the Premier League with 4 points from their archetypal six games.

“We did a batch of bully things. We competed good but determination is simply a batch of enactment to beryllium done. We started the 2nd fractional connected the beforehand foot, the tendency was there,” Nuno said.

“We person to physique connected that. Now it is astir keeping it elemental and trying to springiness the boys a bully identity. We volition get there.”

With invaluable acquisition of successfully navigating a relegation conflict aft keeping Forest and Wolves successful the top-flight, Nuno has been tasked with guiding West Ham to safety.

The 51-year-old volition beryllium encouraged by this conflict show aft conscionable 2 grooming sessions moving with his caller players since taking charge.

“It is 3 days, we are successful the process of knowing each other. But it’s bully to beryllium back. It’s what we unrecorded for – to compete.”

Potter was dismissed connected Saturday aft lone 8 months successful charge, with the nine languishing successful 19th spot pursuing a 2-1 decision against Crystal Palace successful his past lucifer successful charge.

Nuno had been sacked himself earlier this play aft falling retired with Forest proprietor Evangelos Marinakis implicit the club’s transportation policy.

Nuno had masterminded Forest’s instrumentality to European contention for the archetypal clip successful 30 years aft an awesome seventh spot decorativeness past term.

– Bowen pounces –

Ironically, Everton are managed by erstwhile West Ham brag David Moyes, who won the UEFA Conference League successful 2023 to extremity the Hammers’ 43-year trophy drought.

Moyes was not retained by West Ham aft the 2023-24 play pursuing instrumentality unrest astir the Scot’s antagonistic tactics, but galore person been pining for his acumen of late.

The Hammers had conceded 7 goals from set-pieces this play and Nuno was incapable to hole their aerial flaws arsenic Everton took the pb successful the 18th minute.

West Ham keeper Alphonse Areola punched a country to the borderline of the country but the shot was worked wide to James Garner nether small unit and his transverse reached the poorly marked Keane for a header that flashed into the extortion the nett from 12 yards.

Nuno scratched his caput successful vexation arsenic helium watched a replay of the extremity connected the seat portion West Ham’s travelling fans chanted “sack the board”.

If West Ham proprietor David Sullivan was shifting awkwardly successful his seat, the viewing astir got much uncomfortable erstwhile Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s glancing header fizzed conscionable wide.

West Ham yet showed signs of beingness erstwhile Crysencio Summerville’s changeable was tipped wide from Jordan Pickford.

It was a informing Everton failed to heed arsenic Nuno’s men snatched the equaliser successful the 65th minute.

El Hadji Malick Diouf whipped a transverse into the Everton country and Bowen pounced, sizing up his options earlier unloading a almighty onslaught that deflected successful disconnected Keane’s head.

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