West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen provided the perfect response to being left out of the England squad with a stunning performance as the Hammers overpowered Ipswich Town to record their first home league win of the season.
Bowen set up a goal within the opening 48 seconds with Michail Antonio on the end of his low, tempting cross from the right.
Ipswich equalised and should have taken the lead before Mohammed Kudus made it 2-1 to the hosts just before half time, with a game-changing goal.
West Ham were far superior in the second half and Bowen’s angled strike into the bottom corner inside the first five minutes after the restart took the game out of the visitors’ reach.
Bowen, not included in Lee Carsley’s England squad, which was named on Thursday, for next week’s Nations League matches against Greece and Finland, got his third goal involvement of the afternoon and his second assist late on.
It was a fine square pass with the outside of the boot, with Lucas Paqueta having the straightforward task of tapping into the net from close range.
Unsurprisingly Bowen was named man of the match and if he can maintain this form over the next few months then an England recall will soon be coming his way.
