West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen needed to be restrained from his own fans after 3-2 defeat to Wolves within the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night as their nightmare begin to the season continues.
It was one other frustrating game for Graham Potter’s side, which saw them concede the primary goal just before half-time to Rodrigo Gomes.
Goals from Tomas Soucek and Lucas Pacqueta put the Hammers ahead just after the hour-mark but there have been two late goals from Jorgen Strand Larsen to see Wolves progress.
That makes it three defeats from three games in the beginning of the season for West Ham, having lost heavily to Sunderland and Chelsea within the Premier League already.
The pressure is already starting to inform as tensions mounted at the tip of the sport between Hammers captain Bowen and travelling fans at Molineux.
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West Ham players were applauding the upset fans but something angered Bowen and he was restrained by Soucek, Alphonse Areola and stewards as he approached the supporters.
He turned and walked back onto the pitch, pulling off the captain’s armband as he did so.
West Ham will look to enhance on their poor begin to the campaign after they travel to tackle Nottingham Forest on Sunday within the Premier League.
The international break follows, with a house game against Tottenham on their return on September 13.
Only Potter’s side and their opponents on Tuesday night are yet to select up a degree in the highest flight, although clearly it continues to be very early within the campaign.
The Hammers have conceded 11 goals of their three outings up to now, losing 3-0 at Sunderland and 5-1 at home to Chelsea before Tuesday’s trip to Wolverhampton.
Potter joined West ham in January and won just five of the 18 Premier League games he took charge of over the remaining of last season.
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