Tuesday 19 September 2017 23:23, UK
Slaven Bilic watched Marko Arnautovic inspire West Ham to a 3-0 Carabao Cup victory over Bolton and then demanded more from the Austrian playmaker.
Arnautovic marked his home debut after joining for £25million from Stoke during the summer by setting up goals for Angelo Ogbonna and Diafra Sakho before Arthur Masuaku struck an outstanding third deep into injury time.
The Hammers' record signing was sent off for use of the elbow against Southampton last month in only his second appearance, delaying his first outing at London Stadium, and Bilic insisted his performance against Bolton began his path to redemption.
"I could have asked for more. I want him to do more. He's got that quality and that something extra," Bilic said. "I like him as a player, but sometimes he gets happy with the few things that he does when I want him to push the borders.
"After what happened last month, this is the beginning of the comeback for him."
West Ham led after only half an hour, but they failed to dominate in the same way in the second half when Bolton pieced together promising spells.
"We've done the job. It was a really good performance in the first half and the opposition was from the Championship, so it's not like they're bad quality," Bilic said. "The only thing we weren't happy with was that we didn't score as many goals as we should have done.
"We ended the game with a wonder goal. It was a good night for us in the cup, we're into the next round and kept a clean sheet which is important."
