Tomas Soucek believes West Ham got the ‘slap in the face’ they needed to keep them focused on maintaining their superb start to the season.
The Hammers can go level on points with Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium this afternoon, three days after David Moyes’s side booked their place in the knock-out stages of the Europa League.
It was the ideal response for the Hammers, who had slumped to a disappointed defeat to Wolves in their first game after the international break.
Czech midfielder Soucek believes it was probably what the side needed with games against City and Chelsea coming up in their next three games.