Jarrod Bowen is not simply disappointed at last night’s result but of the team’s recent performances.
Having said that he clearly saw a better level in north London last night whilst scoring another wondrous goal when, turning Dier inside out.
The guy has been a revelation since arriving from Hull and represents the workaholic nature of the new West Ham which makes recent disappointments all the more bitter.
And he has spoken of his personal agony at seeing the team beaten by the odd goal in three at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on the Hammers official site.
He declared: “Our levels recently have not been at the standards we’ve set, not just this season but last season as well.
‘With the group we’ve got and the manager we’ve got we want to be at the highest level we can be all the time, so dropping below our levels, we knew as a team and as players tonight was all about changing that.’
‘The fight was there and we expect that – it’s a derby,’ .The fans expect that, we expect that as players and I think we did that.
Attentions now turn to their hectic festive fixture list, with games against Southampton, Watford and Crystal Palace to come and Bowen believes this run is the perfect opportunity for the Hammers to bounce back.
In reality of course we should really be expecting nine points from three games that are definitely there to be won
He added: ‘We’ve been really defensively solid for 18 months now, but it happens in games.
‘There are no fingers pointed – we win as a team and lose as a team and we’ll dust ourselves down as we’ve got a busy Christmas schedule coming up now with a lot of games and a lot of points that we can pick up.’
I’ll do the pointing for you then pal – Masuaku.
Masuaku is 1 of a few players we have that actually tackles and his touch is decent imo.