West Ham United manager David Moyes has highlighted the impacted the impact made by Jesse Lingard since his loan switch from Manchester United.
Lingard scored as astonishing goal as West Ham defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 at Molineux on Monday night to move into the top four in the Premier League.
The forward who has been involved in more Premier League goals than any other player since his Hammers debut has been a big hit in London and has scored six goals and provided three assists since debuting for the Hammers on February 3.
Moyes was pleased with the hard-fought win at Molineux and admitted that he was worried about coping with the potency of their hosts.
“We were worried about their speed, when you think about the speed Adama Traore’s got and Pedro Neto’s got, so we had a real concern about them, but I’ve got to say Jesse’s speed was there too,” Moyes said.
“He showed a bit of old-fashioned dribbling and used his speed to get away from people.
“I said to him at the end that he’s made a big difference and I don’t give praise too easily, but I certainly gave it to Jesse tonight.”
The 28-year-old winger is enjoying near career-best form having fallen out of favour at Old Trafford in recent seasons.
“It’s just consistency behind my form I think,” Lingard said.
“Obviously I hadn’t played much for the past two years, so to be playing week-in, week-out and keeping up this form is great, but the team have helped me tremendously.”
