Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen pay touching tributes to team-mate Michail Antonio after scoring for West Ham against Wolves

West Ham duo Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen both paid tribute to colleague Michail Antonio after scoring against Wolves.

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Soucek & Bowen pay tribute to AntonioAntonio involved in freak car accidentWest Ham face Wolves at London StadiumFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

After opening the scoring for the Hammers in the 54th minute of the match from captain Bowen's assist, Soucek performed a special nine-finger celebration as a tribute to team-mate Michail Antonio, who dons West Ham's number nine shirt. Antonio was involved in a horror accident on Saturday after which he had to undergo limb surgery.

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Bowen then got on the scoresheet himself to make it 2-1 to the Hammers. He reacted by holding up a West Ham shirt with 'Antonio 9' on the back.

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West Ham players wore a special jersey with Antonio's name and the number 9 printed on the back while warming up ahead of the match. The fans at the London Stadium applauded in a unified manner to pay a heartwarming tribute to the 34-year-old.

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The Jamaica international had to be airlifted to a hospital where he underwent surgery. The experienced winger will miss the remainder of the 2024-25 campaign and is expected to take at least a year to fully recover.