Why Slaven Bilic is counting on his lucky stars – gallery

West Ham squad: Adrian, Randolph, Byram, Masuaku, Collins, Reid, Ogbonna, Oxford, Kouyate, Nordtveit, Obiang, Noble, Payet, Lanzini, Antonio, Feghouli, Tore, Zaza, Fletcher, Calleri.

33- GOAL! West Ham United 2-0 Watford (Antonio) – After taking the ball inside the Watford area, Payet delivers a sublime cross towards the back post.

5 – GOAL! West Ham United 1-0 Watford (Antonio) – The home side win the first corner of the game which is taken by French global sensation Payet himself making his first start of the season. Speaking to Yellow Sport ahead of the match, Stephenson said: “Both clubs will be welcoming in new players”. He has been training with us for a couple of weeks.

“Another concept I tell my players is that they must believe they can win, always, until the referee blows the whistle for the end of the game”.

“All he has to do now is not to change – not to change the way he plays, the way he trains, everything, and we have to help him with that”.

“He was waiting for Arsenal or Atletico Madrid and then ultimately chose to stay at Milan, but we’re very happy because we got Zaza, who was our first choice a year ago”.

“Of course we’ve been missing him, like any club is missing their key players”.

In four games this season, Watford had managed precisely one goal on every occasion. “I like to work with a group that I chose myself, and I’m very happy with this one”, Mazzarri said at a press conference.

Deeney added: “We all dug in and started to lay a bit of a hand on them and before you know it we were getting more chances and we got two goals before half-time”. Their performances so far suggest they’re going to have to pick up points when facing teams around them again; a year ago they accumulated 33 of their 45 points against bottom-half finishers.

“In the second half they dropped a bit and of course when they scored they dropped a bit more but still they continued to be risky”.

The rush for the exits soon got under way, which was hardly a vote of confidence in the team.