LONDON (Reuters) -West Ham United moved again into the Premier League’s prime 4 as Jarrod Bowen’s second half aim gave them a slender 1-0 win over relegation-threatened Watford on Tuesday.
Watford greater than held their very own for lengthy intervals towards West Ham in a scrappy contest, however have been undone in merciless trend as Bowen’s 68th minute shot took a depraved deflection to beat goalkeeper Ben Foster.
Roy Hodgson’s Watford had been the higher workforce early on however West Ham improved to earn an essential victory.
They moved to 40 factors in fourth spot, one level above Manchester United, who have been held at Burnley.
West Ham have performed extra video games than all their rivals within the top-four battle, however after consecutive league defeats they’re proper again within the combine for Champions League qualification.
“We know the way essential tonight was even when it was an unsightly recreation,” Bowen stated. “All we will do is give attention to ourselves.
“We have loads of video games developing so you will need to take most factors.”
The build-up to the sport had been overshadowed by West Ham having to problem an announcement condemning their defender Kurt Zouma after a video on social media confirmed him kicking his pet cat.
Zouma, who apologised for his actions which brought about outrage and potential punishment by West Ham, was within the beginning line-up however was booed by massive sections of the gang.
He was saved busy within the first half as Watford belied their lowly place to play the higher soccer, though probabilities have been few and much between with West Ham coming closest when Said Benrahma struck the woodwork from a rebound.
The second half was not a fantastic deal higher, however West Ham won’t care as they pocketed three worthwhile factors.
And it was Bowen, their most dependable ahead of late, who did the trick once more when he took intention from 25 metres and his shot struck Watford defender Samir to go away Foster wrong-footed.
It was Bowen’s sixth aim in as many video games and he nearly doubled the lead late on however his highly effective strike was saved out by Foster.
Watford’s Tom Cleverley was denied by Lukasz Fabianski late on because the guests sought an equaliser however they’re now winless in 10 league video games and in nineteenth place.
(Reporting by Martyn HermanEditing by Christian Radnedge)
