West Ham dealt with another injury

Jarrod Bowen, a forward for West Ham, will miss the first leg of their quarterfinal Europa League match against Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday, which is a big setback to the team.

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With 19 goals across all competitions, Bowen leads the Hammers in scoring with 19 goals. Last weekend, during West Ham’s 2-1 victory over Wolves, he was substituted out after 54 minutes.

West Ham will be hoping that the 27-year-old stays healthy as the season approaches a pivotal point because he has been one of their most important players this year.

Bowen set to miss first leg against Bayer Leverkusen

Mail Sport report that while the England international’s injury isn’t thought to be serious he won’t be fit to face the Bundesliga leaders on Thursday.

It’s a huge blow for David Moyes who would have hoped Bowen would recover in time for trip to Leverkusen.

Speaking in his post match press conference after last weekend’s victory against Wolves Moyes said: “You need all your top players at this stage of the season and Jarrod is one who’s been doing great for us.”

“It looks like he’s had a knee into his hip, or his back”, Moyes added.

“It’s not a twist or anything like that. He’s really stiff and I’ve had one or two of those myself and they don’t go away too quick

“We need to hope it doesn’t linger. I asked Jarrod how he’s feeling and he said he feels sore. I’m just hoping it’s not too bad.”

In the absence of his top scorer Moyes will need all his players to step up as they take on a Leverkusen side who are one win away from the Bundesliga title, and are unbeaten in 41 games this season.

The Hammers have a good record in Europe under the Scotsman and have only lost twice in their last 23 European matches under his guidance.

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