JARROD BOWEN netted a superb hat-trick to ease the pressure on David Moyes and cap a terrible day for Brentford.
And the West Ham striker's first goals since Christmas and his personal best Premier League tally saw him renew his claim for an England place ahead of Ivan Toney at Euro 2024 this summer.
The west London club had dropped a Premier League place before kick-off after Everton's points deduction was cut yesterday.
And the Bees never recovered from conceding two early goals to Bowen and have now let in 48 this season, two more than in the whole of the last campaign.
Neal Maupay netted his fifth goal in five Premier League starts against West Ham - and kept up his equally consistent record of winding up opponents by getting into a half-time spat with Hammers assistant manager Kevin Nolan.
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