Callum Wilson’s blistering strike sets up Bournemouth for win over West Ham

As snapshots of life after Marko Arnautovic go, this felt like one of those dramas that let you choose your own ending. West Ham, missing their dropped forward as he pines for a move to Guangzhou Evergrande, were beaten here by the actions of two strikers who have been touted to take his place this month.

The one who actually did, Andy Carroll, produced an inexplicable miss in the 49th minute to let Bournemouth off in a tightly-poised game; the one they would reportedly like to sign, Callum Wilson, promptly scored a blistering opener and, when Josh King sealed matters at the death, a perplexing week for Manuel Pellegrini was made considerably worse.

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