West Ham secured a first Championship win of the season by beating Wolves 4-2 at the London Stadium.<\/p>\n
Divine Mukasa’s wonder strike and Jarrod Bowen’s penalty put the Hammers in control, only for Marshall Monetsi to make it 2-1 before half-time.<\/p>\n
Mukasa’s second and a Konstantinos Mavropanos close-range finish all but secured the win, before an own goal by the Greek defender rounded off the evening.<\/p>\n
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side move up to 11th, while his old club are third – two points behind second-placed Charlton.<\/p>\n
After a slow start for both sides, Raul Jimenez struck the bar with a bouncing shot after peeling to the edge of the area and meeting Mateus Mane’s corner.<\/p>\n
Moments later, Mane himself hit the woodwork, but against the run of play, Manchester City loanee Mukasa fired the home side in front on 33 minutes. He found space on the edge of the area and unleashed a piledriver, which went in off the bar.<\/p>\n
Defender Max Kilman and Mukasa both had chances before Bowen rolled in the spot-kick, doubling the lead four minutes before half-time after Joel Piroe was brought down.<\/p>\n
Just as the game looked to be pulling away from Wolves, Monetsi halved the deficit with a brilliant run and finish into the corner.<\/p>\n
Eight minutes after the break, Mukasa got his second goal to restore the two-goal advantage, but it came with a huge slice of luck. His effort was tame but deflected past Jose Sa off Nasser Djiga’s boot.<\/p>\n
Mavropanos got in on the act on 64 minutes. After his header from Arne Engels’ corner was blocked, he rifled in the rebound from close range.<\/p>\n
But again, Wolves refused to lie down. Moments after replacing Jimenez and the defender’s goal, Jordan James pressurised Mavropanos, who put Jackson Tchatchoua’s low cross into his own net.<\/p>\n
The game felt open with every attack, but Nuno’s men finally took control to see out a crucial victory against a prospective promotion rival.<\/p>\n