A match began in the 26th round of the Premier League. West Ham United faced Brentford at home. West Ham United formed a 4231 formation for this game. Bowen was at the front. Kudus, Ward-Prowse and Paqueta partnered in the attacking trident. Soucek and Edson Alvarez form a double defensive midfielder. The back four of Cao Far, Mavropanos, Zouma and Emerson started the game. Areola serves as the starting goalkeeper. Antonio, Danny Ings and Fabianski were on the bench.
Just 5 minutes into the game, West Ham United scored! Bowen swung his legs on the left side of the penalty area and volleyed into the near corner. The ball hit the post and entered the goal! West Ham United got off to a fantastic start. 2 minutes later, West Ham United scored again! Another goal from Bowen! Cao Far sent a cross pass from the right, and Bowen outflanked and pushed the ball in the middle. In the 13th minute, Maupay received a through ball, fell to the ground in the penalty area and kicked the ball into the goal, getting a goal back for Brentford. At halftime, West Ham United led 2-1.
changed sides and fought again in the second half. In the 63rd minute, Bowen was left open in front of the goal. He received the cross, jumped high, and headed the ball in to complete his hat trick. Six minutes later, West Ham United scored again! After Emerson got the ball outside the penalty area, he made a slight adjustment and shot angrily. The ball hit the dead center! This world wave left the goalkeeper helpless! In the 82nd minute, Brentford got a goal back and it was Visa who scored the goal. However, it was of no use, after all, Brentford was too far behind. In the end, West Ham United defeated Brentford 4-2. After getting these 3 points, West Ham United has a total of 39 points and its ranking has risen to 8th, only 5 points behind Manchester United and 4 points ahead of Chelsea.
The best performer in this game was undoubtedly Bowen, who scored a hat trick. Bowen set a new record by becoming the first West Ham United player to score a hat-trick in a Premier League match at the London Bowl. The previous three players who have been capped in London Bowl Premier League matches were from rival West Ham United. With these 3 goals, Bowen has scored 14 goals in the Premier League this season. Moreover, not one of these 14 goals was a penalty kick. He ranks third in the Premier League scorer list, surpassing Son Heung-min who scored 12 goals, and closely chasing Haaland and Salah in front of him. Haaland ranks first with 17 goals, and Salah ranks second with 15 goals. In other words, Bowen only has 4 goals less than Haaland and 1 goal less than Salah. In fact, if penalties are excluded, Bowen has scored as many goals in open games as anyone else.
