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.
Sky SportsJarrod Bowen was given the note by Jamie Redknapp in the post-game analysis[/caption]
Sky SportsAnd read out a play by play description of his goal[/caption]
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’.”
Sky pundit Jamie Redknapp then said: “I was just on the pitch Jarrod and I’ve managed to find it… People want that insight [they think] ‘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 consistantly 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 in fairness, 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% of the possession and the result was testament to Moyes’ counter attacking style.
West Ham stuck to their counter-attacking style against Brighton