Jarrod Bowen double puts West Ham top of Championship

[p]Winless in their opening three games in the second tier following relegation from the Premier League, the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/west-ham/Cxq57r8g/"]Hammers[/a] have won three times in eight days to storm up the table.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bowen-jarrod/pW170H9K/"]Bowen[/a]'s decision to remain in east London was a massive boost to West Ham's hopes of bouncing straight back to the Premier League.[/p][embed guid="19cfd992-1d15-4d02-866c-36c8518392ad" url="https://x.com/SkyFootball/status/2097424767053684966?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"I want to score goals, get assists and get points for the team and tonight was perfect,"[/b] said Bowen.[/p][p][b]"We knew it wasn't going to be pretty to come and win the game, but the main thing was to win the game and we've done that."[/b][/p][p]The England international opened the scoring after 13 minutes, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bolton/Or1bBrWD/"]Bolton[/a] levelled through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/erhahon-ethan/GzK3crYi/"]Ethan Erhahon[/a] and then went in front thanks to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rodrigues-ruben/j7TSVjd3/"]Ruben Rodrigues[/a]' penalty.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mavropanos-konstantinos/zBXgM0Xa/"]Konstantinos Mavropanos[/a] quickly levelled for the visitors when he headed in an [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/engels-arne/K4dXXq9J/"]Arne Engels[/a] free-kick.[/p][p]Bowen finally decided the game 13 minutes from time but needed a helping hand from Bolton goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bazunu-gavin/EBDu7nbJ/"]Gavin Bazunu[/a], who spilt his shot into the net.[/p][embed guid="dd3e21b0-874d-4828-b6d0-92615e66361c" url="https://x.com/WestHam/status/2097428516153315460?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/swansea/K6xezbY7/"]Swansea[/a] were toppled at the top of the table on goal difference after their unbeaten start came to an end in a 3-1 defeat at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/southampton/WdKOwxDM/"]Southampton[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/azaz-finn/UTdkzeL7/"]Finn Azaz[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/larin-cyle/vNpXFtuQ/"]Cyle Larin[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scienza-leo/AP2xf66T/"]Leo Scienza[/a] were on target for the Saints, who are already in the top half despite starting the season with a four-point deduction.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/burnley/z3dmTMMO/"]Burnley[/a] moved off the foot of the table but are still waiting for their first win of the season after a 1-1 draw at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wrexham/IgO7K1ZA/"]Wrexham[/a].[/p][p]Rounding off the results, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cardiff/hO8wh6aP/"]Cardiff[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/stoke-city/hSUajdSS/"]Stoke City[/a] drew 1-1, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/preston/x8IDVcbi/"]Preston[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/blackburn/6Nl8nagD/"]Blackburn[/a] both lost 2-1 to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sheffield-utd/MeKPSerA/"]Sheffield United[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/watford/UmMRoGzp/"]Watford[/a], respectively.[/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/england/championship/"]Catch up on the Championship with Flashscore[/a][/h2]