The dressing room was so loud afterwards that Moyes struggled to give his celebratory speech. Coufal and Soucek, who both used to play in this same stadium for Slavia Prague, fulfilled their prophecy by winning this final on home soil - their aim at the start of the season. The Scot embraced his 87-year-old father, David Senior, who has had such a huge impact on his playing and managerial career, on the touchline and gave him his medal to wear.īowen, a new dad to twins, scored with his father, Sam brother, Harry and best friend Lewis in attendance. Other than the Community Shield he won on his official debut as Manchester United manager in 2013, this was Moyes’ first trophy since Preston North End were champions of English football’s third tier in 1999-2000. It was a night of huge significance, not least for Moyes, Bowen, and the club’s Czech players, Vladimir Coufal and Tomas Soucek. We haven’t had the best season (see table below), myself included, but to do what we have done tonight for these fans, it’s incredible.” “I dreamed of scoring, but to score the winner in the last minute… to do it in front of these fans… I can’t put it into words. “I thought I was going to cry, I’m just so happy,” said Bowen.
They started singing Bowen’s terrace chant and were joined by other supporters, members of Moyes’ backroom staff and Mark Noble, the team’s long-time captain and talisman, now their sporting director. The proud players made their way into the foyer, winners’ medals swinging around their necks. Jarrod Bowen writes himself in West Ham history to surely clinch glory with the last kick of the game!! 🤩 #UECLfinal /W2b8zqfR8Wīack at the hotel, Alphonse Areola, the goalkeeper-turned-DJ for the night, held a speaker aloft as Gala’s Freed From Desire blared out, and Moyes was playing a full part. And we did it in Alkmaar the other week as well to get into the semi-final. The moments you get to celebrate and have your family, with everyone here, and to win in the last two minutes of the game. “I would have to say it’s the best moment of my career. I was probably halfway down the line but I couldn’t do a full (Jose) Mourinho because I can’t slide on my knees and the grass was a bit dry so I was worried I was going to go on my belly, so I just ran down. The minute he got through, I thought, ‘This is the moment, this is the one, Jarrod will do it’. “If there was anybody I thought was going to score, it would be Jarrod. “The minute Jarrod went through, I was edging down the touchline,” Moyes said. A move he regretted even while he was in motion. Even the usually reserved David Moyes lost the plot when Bowen’s winner hit the net - letting it all out in the celebrations by charging down the touchline.
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