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title: "Why Jarrod Bowen has to start for West Ham against Liverpool"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Alex Murray"
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published: "2020-02-21T20:00:00Z"
modified: "2020-02-21T20:00:00Z"
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# Why Jarrod Bowen has to start for West Ham against Liverpool

Jarrod Bowen was limited to a bench appearance on Wednesday night, with West Ham going down 2-0 to Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.

The ex-Hull City man was handed his debut from the bench, coming on for Robert Snodgrass with 10 minutes to go with the score at 2-0.

The winger was unable to do much during his brief appearance, only managing four passes during his 10 minutes on the pitch, as per [Whoscored](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/322596/Show/Jarrod-Bowen).

However, several West Ham fans were [outraged](https://readwestham.com/2020/02/20/west-ham-fans-furious-with-moyes-after-handing-bowen-late-debut/) that David Moyes did not start the midfielder, especially after his much-hyped £25 million arrivals from Hull on deadline day.

It’s fair to say that the performance of the whole side against Man City was pretty terrible, with West Ham only racking up[23% possession](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51345399)and failing to [get a single shot](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51345399) on target throughout the entire 90 minutes.

However, even though it is unlikely that West Ham will secure a win at Anfield on Monday night, the game looks to be a good stage to give Bowen a chance to show what he can offer to the Hammers.

There will be little pressure on West Ham to get a result, meaning that he wilk free to simply show what he can bring to the table, rather than be burdened by the pressure of securing a win.

West Ham’s run doesn’t get any easier after Monday night, with plenty of tough games ahead, Therefore, I believe it is the best time for the winger to make his full debut for West Ham and get himself up to speed as quickly as possible.