West Ham are performing slightly better than Wolves this season, having collected 18 points from their first 15 games and sitting 14th in the league table. O’Neil’s side, by contrast, are second-bottom with just two wins and nine points, while conceding 38 goals – more than any other Premier League club.

Soucek held up nine fingers in tribute and captain Jarrod Bowen, who scored the winning goal, with O’Neil claiming there was another foul in the build-up, ran to pick up a number nine Antonio shirt after his accomplished strike. He had chopped inside, beating a half-hearted challenge from Guedes to guide a low shot into the corner of the net.