Julen Lopetegui lives to fight another day after his West Ham side narrowly beat fellow strugglers Wolves at a less-than-capacity London Olympic Stadium.
Second half goals from Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen were just about enough for the Hammers to secure a much-needed win against Gary O'Neil's bottom three side.Yet the Hammers - who saw two Mo Kudus efforts ruled out for offside - also had to rely on the generosity of the match officials, who overlooked three penalty shouts from the visitors during the 90.
After a goalless first half, in which the Hammers created a number of efforts on target and nine corners to Wolves' none, the stalemate was finally broken nine minutes after the restart when an unopposed Soucek rose at the far post before directing a corner goalwards.
Parity was restored for the visitors on 69 minutes when Doherty produced a well-struck effort which left Hammers custodian Lukasz Fabianski no chance. However Wolves had barely finished celebrating their equaliser before Bowen won the game for West Ham with a trademark goal of his.
Cutting in from the right side of the penalty area, the England forward left one defender for dead before bending a shot around Wolves 'keeper Johnstone to secure the win - a victory that lifted West Ham back up to 14th in the Premier League table.
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West Ham Utd: Fabianski, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson (Cresswell 88), Soler (Paqueta 64), Soucek, Alvarez (Todibo 88), Kudus (Rodriguez 87), Summerville (Ings 73), Bowen
Subs not used: Areola, Coufal, Guilherme, Fullkrug
Goals: Soucek (54), Bowen (72)
Booked: Emerson, Soler, Fabiański, Rodríguez, Bowen
Wolves: Johnstone, Doherty, Semedo, Toti, Bueno, Ait-Nouri, Lemina, Andre (Bellegarde 62), J Gomes (Doyle 78), Cunha, Strand Larsen (Guedes 62)
Subs not used: Bentley, Dawson, R Gomes, Hwang, Forbs, Lima
Goals: Doherty (69)
Booked: Cunha, Doherty, Gomes, Lemina
Possession: WHUFC 54%-46% WWFC
Shots/on target: WHUFC 19/4-19/5 WWFC
xG: WHUFC 1.20-1.48 WWFC
Referee: John Brooks
Tickets sold: 62,435
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