David Moyes has dream start, as West Ham trounce Bournemouth 4-0

West Ham 4-0 Bournemouth

New West Ham manager David Moyes made a dream return to the London stadium, kicking off with a rout of Bournemouth.

The result must have left many wondering why he wasn't given the job in the first place, instead of being passed over for Manuel Pellegrini 18 months ago.

This though, lest we forget, was Pellegrini's team, though now playing with an urgency and desire that has been missing for many months.

Foremost among the re-energised Hammers was skipper Mark Noble, seemingly covering every blade of grass and scoring two goals in the process.

Noble's first goal came when he picked up a neatly placed pass on the edge of the area from Robert Snodgrass. The captain drove the ball home, with the help of a deflection.

Just before the half hour, Snodgrass set Ryan Fredericks away down the right to cross for Sebastian Haller to acrobatically turn in the air and fire home.

Noble then got his second being hauled down in the area as he set off on a mazy run. He duly converted the penalty.

Not far behind Noble in the man of the match contest was Declan Rice, back to his dominating best, snuffing out threats and setting off attacks. 

One such move saw a Rice crossfield pass set Felipe Anderson away. He outpaced the defender and drove the ball under the keeper.

This was never going to be Bournemouth''s afternoon. When Dominic Solanke did get his head on a cross, the ball hit the post and bounced back into the hands of West Ham keeper Lukasz Fabianski.

The only other momemt of note was when a red. card awarded for an Aaron Cresswell, tackle was rescinded and reduced to a yellow, after a VAR intervention.

Manager Moyes credited the attitude the players showed for getting the result. "A lot of them played really well - Mark Noble was incredible today," said Moyes, who indicated he would be seeking safety further up the table before deploying all the creative players. 

Moyes told how he had asked Anderson if he was a Brazilian, as they score goals.

Key though for the new manager is to stop the team conceding goals. "We worked on defensive shape and making sure when we lost possession that we were in the right place, " said Moyes, who set as another goal the turning of the London Stadium into a fortress, where teams don't want to come.

Bournemouth manager, Eddie Howe, blamed the injury run his team have endured for the loss. "We have players playing who are not 100 per cent fit," said Howe who hopes to get some of the injured players back soon.