{"id":97538,"date":"2023-12-17T16:24:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T16:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=97538"},"modified":"2023-12-17T16:24:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T16:24:31","slug":"west-hams-mohammed-kudus-praised-for-his-performance-against-wolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/soccer\/west-hams-mohammed-kudus-praised-for-his-performance-against-wolves\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham&apos;s Mohammed Kudus praised for his performance against Wolves"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> West Ham&#8217;s Mohammed Kudus earns high praise for his first half brace against Wolves, with rival fans asking &#8216;Why didn&#8217;t we sign him when we had the chance?&#8217; after his summer move from Ajax<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mohammed Kudus made rival fans jealous with his early goals for the Hammers\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Follow all today&#8217;s 2pm Premier League games including West Ham v Wolves<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Do Man United have what it takes to exploit Liverpool&#8217;s defensive vulnerability? It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>West Ham&#8217;s Mohammed Kudus has earned high praise from social media users following his sterling first-half performance against Wolves on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Kudus was able to score twice, in the 22nd and 32nd minutes, to give the hosts a comfortable cushion &#8211; the earliest brace ever scored in a Premier League game at the London Stadium, according to Opta.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There were question marks over whether Kudus would work at the Hammers, following the Ghanaian&#8217;s \u00a338m summer move from Dutch club Ajax, but his performances appear to show that he has been a canny signing for the Hammers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One fan wrote on X (formerly Twitter): &#8216;It\u2019s becoming Mohammed Kudus\u2019 team now. What a strike to give the West Ham the lead against Wolves&#8217;, while a second noted: &#8216;Kudus is incredible man, always shows up for West Ham.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another football fan expressed that they were &#8216;surprised&#8217; that West Ham were able to sign the Ghanaian, adding: &#8216;Kudus is a special talent&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/14\/79056375-0-image-a-1_1702824018152.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Kudus has earned high praise for his first-half performance against Wolves<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/14\/79056379-0-image-a-2_1702824022864.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kudus joined the Hammers from Ajax in the summer, leaving rival fans rueing a missed chance<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/15\/79056765-12873977-image-a-19_1702826483231.jpg\" height=\"127\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/15\/79056769-12873977-image-a-20_1702826496597.jpg\" height=\"96\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/15\/79056763-12873977-image-a-21_1702826504020.jpg\" height=\"127\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kudus was hailed as an &#8216;incredible man&#8217; and a &#8216;special talent&#8217; for his two early goals on Sunday\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>It has also made rival fans jealous, with a Man United\u00a0supporter fuming: &#8216;Kudus is quality why didn\u2019t we sign him when we had the chance&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>A second added: &#8216;Mohammed Kudus balling for West Ham. Still think it was a bad decision to go there?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/15\/79056761-12873977-image-a-22_1702826566253.jpg\" height=\"103\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/15\/79056767-12873977-image-a-23_1702826570988.jpg\" height=\"153\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rival fans were rueing the missed opportunity, with Kudus available from Ajax in the summer<\/p>\n<p>Lucas Paqueta set up both of Kudus&#8217; first-half goals, the first coming when the Brazilian&#8217;s ball helped West Ham counter quickly from a Wolves corner, with the Ghanaian able to drill home into the bottom corner from outside the penalty box.<\/p>\n<p>For the second, Paqueta found Kudus with a switch of play to the right hand side, and the former Ajax man was able to slide his ball across Dan Bentley&#8217;s goal and into the net.<\/p>\n<p>Kudus rose through the youth system in Ghana, before moving to Danish club Nordsjaelland in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/15\/79056377-12873977-image-a-24_1702826626803.jpg\" height=\"404\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kudus joined West Ham in August of this year, and earned the Goal of the Month for November<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>After two years there, he moved to Ajax, where he had three successful seasons for the Dutch giants, before his big money move to east London in August.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, he earned West Ham&#8217;s Goal of the Month award for his strike against Brentford.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12873977\/West-Hams-Mohammed-Kudus-earns-high-praise-half-brace-against-Wolves-rival-fans-asking-didnt-sign-chance-summer-Ajax.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Ham&#8217;s Mohammed Kudus earns high praise for his first half brace against Wolves, with rival fans asking &#8216;Why didn&#8217;t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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