KATHRYN BATTE: Persistence 支払う／賃金s off for Mohammed Kudus after nearly three months without 得点する／非難する／２０ing... as David Moyes あられ／賞賛するs his sublime 'Roy of the Rovers' 単独の goal against Freiburg

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Mohammed Kudus had not 得点する／非難する／２０d for West Ham since December 23 last year. So when he squandered the chance to give his team 2-1 lead against Freiburg on Thursday, you 恐れるd it could be one of those 失望させるing nights.

But his first goal in nearly three months was to be far more special than a simple の近くに-範囲 成果／努力.

With his team 巡航するing at 3-0, he won the ball 支援する in his own half and drove 今後. Three players tried to stop him ? all of them failed. A wonderful run ended with a sublime finish.

Kudus then grabbed a stool from one of the West Ham ball boys to sit on for his trademark 祝賀.

It was a goal that Joe Cole said would be ‘talked about for １０年間s’ and one which his 経営者／支配人 David Moyes 述べるd as Roy of the Rovers-esque.

Mohammed Kudus 得点する／非難する／２０d a 素晴らしい 単独の goal during West Ham's 5-0 勝利，勝つ against Freiburg

After dazzling the defenders with his quick feet, the Ghanaian 得点する／非難する／２０d and celebrated in style

‘If anybody can remember dribbling wingers who used to run and take people on, with snakehips, that was a little bit of that tonight,’ Moyes said.

‘It was a brilliant individual type goal, a Roy of the Rovers type of goal.’

Kudus may not be familiar with that particular comparison, but it is one わずかに older West Ham 支持者s will 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がる.

The winger now has 15 goals in all 競争s for the 大打撃を与えるs, with 11 of those coming at the London Stadium.

It is （疑いを）晴らす the Ghanaian is making a home for himself here. The 23-year-old got off to a 飛行機で行くing start to his West Ham career, even taking Moyes by surprise.

‘He probably started better than I would have 心配するd,’ Moyes said in December.

He slalomed past three Freiburg defenders to 得点する／非難する／２０ West Ham's fourth of the evening

アイロンをかけるs boss David Moyes 述べるd the sublime 単独の 成果／努力 as a 'Roy of the Rovers type of goal’

‘It will 改善する as he gets used to the 首相 League and the intensity of the games. I’ve been hugely impressed by how 井戸／弁護士席 he’s done.’

Kudus, too, has 以前 commented on how he feels settled and how his game has 改善するd since arriving in east London.

‘It’s good [his 関係 with Moyes],’ Kudus said last month.

‘I’m still trying to learn every day as a team and as an individual to be the player I see myself 存在. I have learned a lot from the coaching staff and the players 同様に.

‘Credit to the team and the coaches here for the 急速な／放蕩な start I made, as they helped me settle very 井戸／弁護士席 and 改善する every day.’

But the winger has 設立する it 堅い since his return from the African Cup of Nations. His 下落する in form 同時に起こる／一致するd with a run of eight games without a 勝利，勝つ at the start of the year.

Kudus went on to 得点する／非難する／２０ the fifth goal of the match, 手渡すing the 大打撃を与えるs a 5-1 aggregate 勝利，勝つ

But there have been 調印するs in 最近の weeks that he is beginning to get 支援する to his best form, even if he was not rewarded with goals or 補助装置s. Against Freiburg, his persistence paid off.

After 行方不明の the easiest chance of his three 適切な時期s, two みごたえのある goals followed.

If Kudus can 攻撃する，衝突する the 高さs he reached during the earlier part of the （選挙などの）運動をする, he has every chance of helping West Ham 達成する more success in Europe and their place in one of its 競争s next season.