Well I said I thought we’d get something out of this game and boy was I right. How unusual. But when City scored their goal, who thought we wouldn’t concede at least another. Every minute I looked at the clock, willing the time to pass. And eventually it did. Heroes the lot of them. And we’re second in the league. We have the second best goal difference, and we’ve scored more goals than any other team in the Premier League. Just savour that while it lasts, and last it may very well do.
I’ve just seen Mark Noble’s post match interview in which he said that Bobby Zamora always used to say
Get it and give it to the good players
Niall Quinn said…
You could have given eleven man of the matches. They operate as one. An incredible performance to win these three matches away from home.
Well today all eleven players weren’t just good, but they were excellent. It was a team performance, and a performance in which all eleven players played their part in keeping a rampant Manchester City at bay. And in the second half they were truly rampant. It was almost impossible to see them going 45 minutes without scoring. But they did. It almost seems invidious to pick out individual performances but you have to say that both Winston Reid and Adrian were superb. Time and again Reid headed or kicked the ball away and Adrian saved at least two apparently certain goals. It was fantastic to see Moses and Payet put in real defensive shifts too. Payet only had one shot but was brilliant at gaining and then retaining possession.
I’m not going to go on much more because David Hautzig will cover all the detail later, but like all of you I am a very happy Hammer tonight. What we must do now is build on this this truly wonderful start to the season. Just imagine if we had got anything out of the Bournemouth and Leicester games!
Adrian 10
Reid 10
Tomkins 10
Cresswell 10
Jenkinson 10
Lanzini 10
Noble 10
Payet 10
Obiang 10
Sakho 10
Moses 10