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West Ham boss Moyes hails Bowen form after Arsenal draw

West Ham boss David Moyes hailed the performance of Jarrod Bowen after their 2-2 draw with Arsenal.

Bowen struck the equaliser as West Ham fought back from 2-0 down on the day.

Moyes said: "Jarrod in recent weeks has been the one providing assists for us.

"He made the goal last week against Fulham and he made the one in midweek at Gent too. He seems to be the one who's making chances, what we've missed a bit is his goals, but today he gets on the end of one and finishes it, which is great.

"It's what he wants to do and hopefully if he can add another half-a-dozen goals between now and the end of the season it would be great.

"We always want good characters – they've got the character but maybe at times this year we haven't stood up and shown it. Today we stood up and showed what they've got.

"They showed their resilience, they showed that we can't give up here and let this go. You have to remember that a few of them played on Thursday night, while Arsenal had a full week to prepare.

"Lots of those things were against us, especially when we went 2-0 down, so for the players to get back was a brilliant, brilliant result.

"I've always thought we are a side who can compete against anybody.

"The league position would not necessarily suggest that but I do believe that.

"We've not scored enough goals, but we've been competitive against lots of teams and we're going to have to be because we still have Liverpool and Manchester United to play here as well."

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