Bilic demands more from Arnautovic
West Ham boss Slaven Bilic saw Marko Arnautovic inspire his side to a 3-0 victory over Bolton in the Carabao Cup and has said he wants more from the Austrian forward.
Arnautovic made his home debut on Tuesday night after joining from Stoke for £25m during the summer and he set up goals for Angelo Ogbonna and Diafra Sakho in West Ham's 3-0 victory.
In just his second appearance, the Hammers' record signing was sent off for an elbow against Southampton last month, which delayed his first appearance at the London Stadium, and Bilic insisted his encouraging performance against Bolton was the start of his road 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 were two goals up inside half an hour but failed to dominate in the second half in the same way while Bolton enjoyed some 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," the Hammers boss 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."