“It was very nice today to feel the love of the fans,” said the former Dortmund and Bremer after his goal for West Ham.
Finally a goal in their own stadium: Niclas Füllkrug expressed his great relief after his goal for West Ham United against the AFC Bournemouth. “I waited for eight months for this moment,” said the 32-year-old after scored in the 2-2 in the London Stadium as a Joker with a massive header.
For Füllkrug it was the third goal of the season, he had marked the first two away. “It’s not about me, but I am very happy that I met in front of a home audience. It was very nice today to feel the love of the fans,” said former Dortmund and Bremer.
At the beginning of the week against the Wolverhampton Wanderers (0: 1) Füllkrug had given his comeback after almost three -month injury break and already hit the latte. “It wasn’t the best season for me. I was often injured, I was for a long time,” he said.
Füllkrug had been in use on Aston Villa (1: 2) in the third round game of the FA Cup on January 10, after which he was missing due to a thigh injury. However, it was not enough against Bournemouth on the 31st matchday of the Premier League, the hammers, who have been winless for four games, are only in 15th place in the table.
Nevertheless, after a substitution, filling jugs changed the game. “I felt good directly. The job of a joker is to bring new energy and give the team a different option. We needed a different dynamic. The entire team tried to put me in position, it made me happy,” he said. West Ham will be a guest at the sovereign league leader FC Liverpool this coming weekend.