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West Ham assistant coach McKinlay happy with victory with victory in Perth

West Ham assistant coach Billy McKinlay says they were delighted with their friendly win against Perth Glory.

Jarrod Bowen scored twice, with Gianluca Scamacca, Emerson and Divin Mubama also scoring.

McKinlay said: "It was a good evening all round really.

"We got a great welcome, the support we got was terrific, as it has been since we've been here in Australia, so that was a good start to the game in terms of the support we had.

"I thought the performance was really good and in the first half it was a good game and they caused us some problems.

"We played some good football at times, scored some good goals, and overall it was a really good workout.

"A couple of seasons ago we had a really good pre-season and scored shed loads of goals, if you remember that.

"We didn't score too many goals in the last pre-season campaign, so starting with four and then six can only be a positive.

"Scoring six goals was nice, and the front players being amongst the goals is always important. Jarrod scored a couple of goals and Divin and Gianluca scored, so we're really pleased."

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