West Ham United vs Brentford LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
West Ham 4-2 Brentford: Jarrod Bowen’s first career hat-trick ended the Hammers’ six-game winless run in the Premier League and lifted the pressure on Thomas Frank
Jarrod Bowen scored a hat-trick as West Ham beat bogey side Brentford 4-2 to ease the pressure on David Moyes.
The Hammers won their first match of 2024, with Bowen scoring his first goals since before Christmas, to end a miserable run of eight games without a victory which had prompted more questions about the manager’s future.
Played five, lost five was their sorry Premier League record against Brentford, the only team of the 43 Moyes had faced in the top flight and not previously beaten.
Finally the rot was stopped as Brentford, already plunged deeper into the relegation scrap earlier on Monday following Everton’s points deduction being reduced from 10 to six, suffered another defeat - their 12th in 15 matches since beating West Ham at home in November.
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A STUNNER from Emerson surely wraps up an important three points for West Ham!
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Oooh that one looked close. Norgaard is clipped in the penalty area by Paqueta. Hooper shakes his head, it could have been just outside anyway. Nothing doing.
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The mood has changed drastically now. The previous tension has been eradicated and the Hammers are bouncing. Barring a footballing miracle they are finally going to celebrate a victory in 2024.
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A FIRST Premier League hat-trick for Jarrod Bowen!
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West Ham are furious with Norgaard, who they feel went to ground far too easily under a challenge from Soucek (he did go down too easily). There's a few cross words on the bench too...from that man Kevin Nolan again.
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GREAT SAVE! Reguilon delivers from the left and Onyeka's effort looks to be creeping into the bottom-left corner but Areola does brilliantly to palm if wide to make sure West Ham keep their two-goal lead.
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Collins' first task of the evening is to deal with a Kudus run into the area. He does so admirably and the resulting West Ham corner comes to nothing.
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