Meanwhile Carroll’s absence was felt when Mark Noble’s unsafe cross flew inches over the head of stand-in striker Enner Valencia.
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It took 40 minutes before Bournemouth’s Artur Boruc made the match’s first save by tipping Enner Valencia’s effort from a tight angle around the post.
The Bournemouth player received his second yellow with 13 minutes to go as he hauled down Cheikhou Kouyaté as the Hammers broke.
Ibe let fly with another low shot that Adrian did well to hold, while at the other end Calleri chipped an exquisite ball to the far post but Antonio failed to execute the finish.
In the event, there was more goal-mouth action in the last 10 minutes than the rest of the match, with Bournemouth nearly equalising seven minutes later as Joshua King saw his point-blank effort saved by Adrian.
West Ham boss Slaven Bilic was pleased to get off the mark at home. Is this our proper home?
“It’s like a snowball so now hopefully we stopped it – with a great team spirit”.
West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic has disclosed that injured new signing Andre Ayew is expected back from the treatment room on December 1.
West Ham United now turn their attention to the UEFA Europa League, play-off round, second leg, when they face Astra Giurgiu on Thursday August 25 at the London Stadium (7:45pm).
“[Payet] was okay and then he felt something against Chelsea, after the game”, he said.
“When you move into a new stadium you’re not going to get wins just because you’ve moved in here”.
“With the week we’ve had – a disappointing result on Monday, then to go all the way to Romania [for a Europa League play-off tie] and get back at five on Friday morning, then get a win at home, it’s awesome”, he said.
The Cherries saw Ryan Fraser coming in for Lewis Cook as Callum Wilson started in attack for Eddie Howe’s side.
Arter’s first yellow was for dissent – as officials crack down on players arguing decisions – and Howe was not best pleased with his player.
Bilic called Carroll’s latest setback “frustrating”, but added: “If you tell me it’s four to six weeks, and then he’s fit for the rest of the season, then I would take that”.
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“We’ve been told about dissent”.
