He received from Jarrod Bowen, carried swiftly down the right flank, and then dug out a cultured cross which sailed over the heads of Declan Rice and Gabriel and invited Bowen to stoop and head in the winner, taking a sledgehammer to Arsenal’s title hopes and producing the first truly memorable day of Graham Potter’s West Ham reign.
Away at Aston Villa, that game, the draw in the Premier League, and against Arsenal I thought he was really impressive.
“He’s been really, really impressive,” Potter said this week, ahead of Thursday’s Premier League clash with Leicester.
The ball could deflect off someone’s backside near the halfway line, he explained, only for a second player to pick it up, do the rest, and score a solo goal.
The assister, in that instance, has barely had an involvement in the goal and yet receives more credit through the assist stat than they deserve, Postecoglou said.
