Tomas Soucek devoted his aim in West Ham’s essential 2-1 win over Wolves to injured striker Michail Antonio after he was concerned in a automotive crash.
Antonio continues to be handled in hospital after the incident on Saturday, with the Jamaica worldwide honoured by gamers and supporters on the London Stadium on Monday evening.
The Czech midfielder opened the scoring towards fellow strugglers Wolves, with Jarrod Bowen scoring the winner after Matt Doherty had levelled the sport.
After his header discovered the far nook within the 54th minute, Soucek honoured his team-mate by doing his celebration, earlier than Bowen held up a shirt with the 34-year-old’s identify on it after netting within the 72nd minute.
Tomáš Souček with a HUGE aim for West Ham! ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/cyyIWkAs1q
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Soucek advised Sky Sports activities: “The aim was for him. I devoted it to him. I mentioned earlier than the sport I actually needed to attain much more as we speak. He’s been right here since I got here right here. He’s actually my favorite. I mentioned it could be robust for me to play with out him.
“I’m blissful that he’s doing wonderful, however that is for him. He’s a large participant and he’s in my coronary heart. It was actually robust for us. I used to be with the children and I noticed this data on the cellphone.
“I messaged everybody asking what occurred and the way he was. I used to be so scared what was going to occur. It was a very robust week for him, his household and us.
“We had a video name with him, the entire crew, earlier than the sport. He smiled to us and gave us all one of the best. I can’t wait to go to him. He’s a very beautiful man and likewise humorous. He even made a couple of jokes earlier than the sport and he wished us all one of the best.
“He’s West Ham’s all-time main scorer. He’s most likely the most effective gamers West Ham have had. He might be quickly with us. These items can occur, however hopefully he might be even higher quickly.”
Bowen: Objective means ‘every little thing’
On what his aim meant, Bowen mentioned: “Every little thing.
“To share that second, he’s not right here with us however I’m certain he [Michail Antonio] was watching and the followers, you heard them. An emotional couple of days.”
Win offers Hammers enormous elevate
West Ham have climbed 9 factors away from the relegation zone with the victory and captain Bowen hopes it may well encourage a robust run of type heading into the festive interval.
He added: “It ought to give everybody a elevate. This is a chance now, December might be the busiest time in our schedule all season.
Plenty of video games are developing and it’s the beginning of a run we are able to put collectively. We go to Bournemouth subsequent week which might be a troublesome sport however this might actually begin us.”
