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Up to fourth go West Ham, with Jarrod Bowen looking like a player who can do no wrong. Bottom of the Premier League remain Norwich, who cannot do anything right.
You know you’re in trouble when your 6ft 1in centre back is being beaten by a 5ft 9in forward but we must credit Bowen for his movement. He nipped in front of Ben Gibson, who stood and watched as Vladimir Coufal’s cross was headed home. Bowen later tapped in for 2-0.
This took him to 16 goal involvements this season, eight scored and eight assisted. It is the most of any English player in the Premier League and he might have had more, too, had VAR not disallowed another and the woodwork deny him twice.
Jarrod Bowen's scored a brace to lift West Ham into the top four via a 2-0 victory over Norwich
Bowen headed home Vladimir Coufal's cross hust before half-time to break the deadlock
The Hammers star then netted a second late on that was initially given offside until VAR gave it
Still, 16 is more than Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Jack Grealish put together. His manager, David Moyes, thinks he’s England material. Are you watching, Gareth Southgate?
For Norwich, this was a sixth straight Premier League defeat without scoring. They struggled to trouble a West Ham side missing several big names, including Tomas Soucek, due to Covid and injuries. Dean Smith knows they’re in danger of being left adrift.
Less than two minutes in, Tim Krul was needed to stop Bowen from handing West Ham an early lead. Nikola Vlasic’s pass inside was hit with pace but a fabulous first touch from the England hopeful saw him strike a shot with his favoured left foot, which Krul did well to deny.
David Moyes' side are fourth in the Premier League while Bowen is close to an England call-up
The next chance fell to Manuel Lanzini after some clever play down the left wing
