JARROD BOWEN starred for West Ham’s 3-1 victory over Brighton last night, scoring West Ham’s second just before the hour mark.
And it was just before his goal that Sky Sports cameras picked Bowen up reading a note that manager David Moyes had given to him containing tactical instructions.
After the game, he joined the Sky Sports punditry team to talk about the game… and the contents of the note.
Sky Sports presenter Dave Jones said to Bowen: “There’s a bit of intrigue around this evening Jarrod because less than three minutes before you scored that goal there was a little note handed to you by the manager… we’re presuming it wasn’t a shopping list?”
Bowen responded: “I know, I was trying to read it, I was trying to read it and still stay in my position… And then Micky [Michail Antonio] passed me the ball and I was looking at the note!
“And Micky just glared at me and I thought, ‘Oh no.'”
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Sky pundit Jamie Redknapp then said: “I was just on the pitch Jarrod and I’ve managed to find it. People want that insight, ‘What does the manager actually say to players at the right time?’ Just read it out to us.”
Bowen then read the note aloud and said: “Jarrod, on the counter, run the full length of the pitch and we will knock it to you and take a touch and score. Slash gaffer, kiss.”
The punditry team broke out into laughter as it became clear that Redknapp might have written the note himself, as it provided a word-for-word description of Bowen’s goal.
West Ham fans responded to the clip on Twitter, with one saying: “It said two things: West Ham are massive everywhere they go and champions of Europe.”
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Another wrote: “That was pretty funny by Redknapp to be fair.”
A third joked: “How’s nobody talking about David Moyes’ vision of that goal, knew there was constantly an opening on the right for Jarrod and knew he could exploit it. My manager.”
The 3-1 result was something of a Moyes masterclass, with West Ham going 3-0 up against Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton side after 62 minutes.
Brighton only struck a consolation goal in the 81st minute through Pascal Gross.
Despite the comprehensive victory for the Hammers, they only had 22 per cent of the possession and the result was testament to Moyes’ counter-attacking style.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
