West Ham boss David Moyes was left delighted with their 3-2 win against Nottingham Forest.
With the scores locked at 2-2, Tomas Soucek headed home from an 88th minute corner to earn the win.
Moyes later said: “That was a great win before we go way on international duty.
“It’s been a really tough period for us since the last set of internationals, so to win today and to also win in midweek in Europe against Olympiacos, we’ve finished this period off really well.
“I thought we got better after Forest took the lead.
“We hadn’t played well enough in the first half. We weren’t quick enough. Was it a bit to do with a little carry over from Thursday? It could be, but also it could be Nottingham Forest leaving us on the ball a bit. I thought we played okay but we were that slow in the first half that I was bored myself watching it at times.
“Coming out for the second half, we wanted them to get much quicker with the ball, be faster, try and get more balls in behind and make more runs behind them. I thought we did that. Unfortunately we got done with a little bit of a sucker punch, went 2-1 down, but great credit to the lads because they picked themselves up and got the result.
“I thought we created a good number of chances.
“Again, especially in the second half, that was more like it. There was more happening that looked like we could get goals. Tomáš Souček had two big chances, and one of them hits the bar and the other is a good save from the goalkeeper. But, in the end, we got there and we got a couple of brilliant deliveries into the box for the win.”
