Rare Matt Doherty goal can't save Wolves from another Premier League defeat against West Ham

Matt Doherty scored his first Premier League goal in 50 weeks but it couldn't spare Wolves from falling to their third straight league defeat against West Ham.

Jarrod Bowen scored the winner inside the last 20 minutes and dedicated his goal to Michail Antonio as the Hammers beat Wolves 2-1.

The winger held Antonio's number nine shirt aloft in support of the Hammers striker, who is recovering in hospital after a horror car crash.

It was a victory which may have saved West Ham boss Julen Lopetegui’s job, for now at least, while the end could be nigh for Wolves’ under-pressure manager Gary O’Neil.

However, any concerns about poor form, or the job prospects of either boss, paled into insignificance following the news Antonio had been in a serious road accident on Saturday afternoon.

Thankfully, West Ham were able to confirm he was in a stable condition, conscious and communicating, on Saturday evening.

The 34-year-old has undergone surgery on a broken leg and faces a long road to recovery from his injuries.

So West Ham players showed their support for their stricken team-mate, wearing 'Antonio 9′ shirts while warming up and walking out.

The focus was still on Antonio in the ninth minute, with a minute’s applause for the club’s record Premier League goalscorer.

But in a desperately poor first half it took until the 20th minute for anyone to have a shot, with Wolves’ Joao Gomes firing straight at Lukasz Fabianski, who also saved from Matheus Cunha at his near post.

Gomes should have put the visitors ahead when he met Doherty’s cross at the far post but he guided his effort wide from three yards out.

For West Ham, Mohammed Kudus played in Bowen, whose angled drive was kept out by the boot of Wolves keeper Sam Johnstone.

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