West Ham midfielder Jarrod Bowen is happy to play as striker for manager David Moyes.

Bowen scored the winner in the final seconds of extra-time as West Ham scraped past non-league Kidderminster with a 2-1 win in the FA Cup on Saturday.

West Ham will rely on Bowen for goals in the second half of the season after failing to sign a striker in January. Fans are unhappy the club did not bring in back-up for Michail Antonio but Moyes has backed Bowen to cover for him.

“It's nice and everything that I have done is down to the manager," Bowen told the London Evening Standard.

“He brought me in in the first place and has developed my game and he uses me as a striker which I have never fully done before but he trusts me and it's about me repaying him.

“It's all down to the gaffer for bringing me in and helping me develop."

Asked about adapting to the role, Bowen said: “It is definitely more difficult. I'm not a target man but when you're the furthest player up the pitch in terms of holding the ball up and different movements, it is more difficult.

“But the manager saw something in me and he feels he can play me there, and all I can do is try and play as best as I can there."