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West Ham manager David Moyes gave a special mention to Jarrod Bowen after his performance on Tuesday night in the Premier League.

The right-winger scored the opener in West Ham’s 2-1 victory at home to West Brom, which is a result that lifted them up to 10th in the league table.

They are now on a three-game winning streak in the league, plus they navigated their way through an FA Cup third round tie with non-league Stockport in-between the top-flight matches.

Bowen has been an ever-present in the Hammers team this season. He’s an attacker with a tremendous work-rate, but he’s largely judged on his goal output.

The £96,000-a-week star (Spotrac) ended a goal drought against West Bro that stretched back to November, plus he provided an assist against Stockport.

He currently sits on five goals and three assists in all competitions this season.

Moyes alluded to the fact post-match that Bowen’s goal contributions had dried up, but feels he may be overcoming that dip and is showing better form in the final third.

“He had a little bit of a dip, but I think he’s beginning to get back to it now and is showing signs of it and obviously that goal will give him great confidence,” Moyes said, as quoted by the club’s official website.

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There should be no risk of Bowen losing his spot in the XI, as he’s a long way ahead of teammate Andriy Yarmolenko in terms of impact on the West Ham side.

He often looks a threat even when his final ball is not quite there and the manager’s faith in him is justified.

The left-footed winger has had an excellent first year at the London Stadium and has made the step up from the Championship to the Premier League looking fairly effortless.