TAKE A BOW!

Jarrod and Kurt ruin pointless Hatters' big homecoming party

- MIKE WALTERS

ATMOSPHERIC, down to the hole in the Oak Road end roof, the occasion was more memorable than the football itself.

Under a blood-red sunset, Jarrod Bowen's third goal in four games sent West Ham towards the Premier League summit at Kenilworth Road.

And when Kurt Zouma headed home James WardProwse's corner with six minutes left, the party officially fell flat.

For large parts of a sobering night in the spiritual home of the straw boater, the Hammers played their part expertly as the killjoys who ask the neighbours to turn down the party music.

Although Irons boss David Moyes was less than pleased to be playing on deadline day, he can have few complaints that his players were distracted by Sky Sports' twice-a-year gift to tedium.

The Hatters' first-ever Premier League home game scored high marks for decibels, but football matches are not singing competitions.