West Ham boss David Moyes praised Jarrod Bowen after their 1-1 draw with Bournemouth.
Dominic Solanke struck late to cancel out Bowen's West Ham opener.
Moyes said, "Wee bit huff and puff at times. The first game of season, you're never sure. One point isn't bad but for long periods it looked like we'd win.
"We looked well organised. We played only at certain times. Jarrod scored a good goal. In the main we had the game where we wanted it. When you see their goal it hits Soucek's ankle, it was really unlucky. I don't think we deserved that.
"We have Paqueta who we know is a good player, Soucek, Fornals. We'll miss Declan but I have really good players.
"That's what Jarrod is becoming, an important player, he scores a lot of goals for us. He came up with a beauty today.
We've got two number ones. It's up to them to fight for it. Areola made good saves."