Marko Arnautovic looked visibly angry when he was substituted by Manuel Pellegrini.
The West Ham boss confirmed the striker’s irritation but has brushed it aside as nothing serious. He said, “It’s not very important because we won the game and he scored a goal. He felt some pain in his back at the beginning, I thought that it was better to change him because he is just coming off another injury and he played 90 minutes less than 72 hours ago. After that he could continue, but I think it was not good to take the risk. He was angry for just one minute, that is it. He wanted to continue. Maybe (he signalled) for the change but after that he felt well. He doesn’t have a problem, just some pain in his back and nothing more.”
The West Ham United boss was also happy with the contribution of Andy Carroll and Samir Nasri. He said, “I never had any doubt that Andy Carroll wants to stay here, he doesn’t want to go anywhere. There were a lot of positive things today. One of those is the minutes that Nasri played after a long time without playing games. Also we won and Andy Carroll scored.”
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