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‘I’m sure it was because…’: David Moyes on why Pablo Fornals was crying after he scored for West Ham vs Bournemouth

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West Ham manager David Moyes absolutely raved about Pablo Fornals after our 4-0 win over Bournemouth yesterday.

Pablo Fornals scored the fourth and final goal for West Ham against Bournemouth and he received praise from his manager David Moyes after the match.

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The 27-year-old has barely played for the Hammers since October – and has been given just four starts by Moyes in our last 22 Premier League games.

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Fornals must be thinking what on earth has happened, after he played such an integral role for West Ham during our back-to-back top seven finishes in the league.

And the Spaniard showed just how upset he has been with his lack of playing time recently after his goal yesterday…

David Moyes responds to Pablo Fornals crying

The Scot addressed the media after the Hammers’ thumping 4-0 win against Bournemouth down on the south coast yesterday afternoon.

And Moyes responded when asked whether he knows why Fornals showed so much emotion after scoring for West Ham, as quoted by Football.London:

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“Let me tell you, he is a brilliant, brilliant team player. He’s a great lad. He’s probably not had enough minutes and I’ve found it difficult to find him [some]. It’s not because of his form, because he’s a really great player. I hope we can, I hope we can find a way of getting him more minutes because what Pablo does, Pablo scores goals as well as his all-round play and it’s been pretty difficult to give him as much as time. I’m sure he was emotional, because he wants to play and today, he deserved it.”

The last few months have clearly been very tough for Fornals, what with his lack of game-time.

Surely he has done enough to earn a run in the team now, especially with Said Benrahma’s recent dip off in form.

Pablo Fornals crying after he scored a goal for West Ham yesterday summed up just how much it means to him to be playing for us.

And as we’ve always said as Hammers fans, that’s all we ask for.

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