Callum Wilson: 'We showed character' against West Ham
Sunday 23 August 2015 07:30, UK
Bournemouth striker Callum Wilson says he's "over the moon" after scoring a hat-trick against West Ham on Saturday.
Wilson's goals helped the Cherries to their first Premier League points in a thrilling 4-3 win at Upton Park, the 23 year-old netting twice in the first half before completing his hat-trick with a second half penalty.
"I'm over the moon," Wilson said after the match.
"It was a great performance, great to get off to a start with three points, and I'm delighted for the team.
"I felt confident (about the penalty), I've been practicing them. On two goals you've got confidence anyway so I'm happy that it went in.
"Today's performance showed that we've got a few things we need to touch up on but I think the main thing is the points.
"We scored a few goals today, which gets confidence in the team, it shows people we can score goals in this league. Hopefully we can pick up some more points along the way.
"We showed great character to come back and get another two goals in front. Obviously, we conceded again, but thankfully we got the three points."
Bournemouth's captain, Tommy Elphick, was quick to heap praise on Wilson.
"I'm absolutely delighted for this man (Wilson)," he said.
"Hopefully he can kick on now, there's no reason he can't become a real force in this league.
"It's probably been our lesser performance out of the three we've had this season so far but the three points is huge for us at this stage, just for the confidence.
"To score four away from home is a huge statement in the Premier League. No matter where you go that's a hard thing to do."
West Ham have now lost both of their games since the impressive opening day victory away at Arsenal.
"We gave them three goals, handed it to them, and we got punished for that," admitted Hammers' midfielder Mark Noble.
"You can't do that in this league. We got ourselves back in it at 2-2 and the crowd is with us at home, and then we made another mistake and they scored again.
"Today in all was really sloppy from us. All fairness to Bournemouth, they played well and they deserved to win."
