Jarrod Bowen appeared to dislocate a finger not long after scoring in West Ham's 2-0 win over Wolves on Saturday.
Gianluca Scamacca, the £30million summer signing from Sassuolo, finally opened his account domestically as he got the Hammers' other goal in a victory that saw them climb out of the relegation zone at the expense the visitors.
Bowen sealed the win for West Ham
With Nathan Collins suspended for his wild challenge on Jack Grealish last month, Wolves skipper Ruben Neves was forced to drop into the unfamiliar role of central defender on his 150th appearance for the club.
The Portugal midfielder's task for the evening was not made any easier when he picked up an early booking for a body-check on Bowen.
Bowen smelled blood and ran at the Wolves rearguard relentlessly with the type of performance that could yet earn him a place in the World Cup squad.
West Ham should have gone ahead when Bowen's shot was spilled by Jose Sa to the feet of Scamacca but the Italian striker scooped the rebound wide.
However, Scamacca made no mistake in the 29th minute after his pass found Bowen down the right.
When the England winger eventually ran out of room in the area the ball broke back to Scamacca, who flicked the ball up before smacking a superb 20-yard half-volley past Sa.
Wolves looked to hit back and Podence had another effort saved before Adama Traore's volley bounced wide.
But West Ham doubled their lead in the 54th minute when Thilo Kehrer's drive spun into the path of Bowen.
The 25-year-old still had plenty to do but he danced around full-back Rayan Alt-Nouri before burying a low shot inside Sa's near post.
Bowen's finger injury followed not long later, but he simply had it taped up and played on.
Costa made his first appearance for Wolves
Diego Costa then made his entrance for a first Premier League appearance since May 2017, and a first anywhere since January.
But when the veteran's chance came from a Traore cross the rust showed as he planted a free header wide.
The match ended 2-0 - a result that saw Wolves drop into the relegation zone while West Ham jumped up to 15th.
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