Marko Arnautovic felt Friday’s 1-1 draw with Leicester City shows the Hammers are making progress in the early days of David Moyes’ reign as manager.
Cheikhou Kouyate’s header on the stroke of half-time cancelled out Marc Albrighton’s early opener and West Ham remained on the front foot in the second half as they searched for a winner.
Backed by the tremendous support of the London Stadium crowd the Hammers probed, and although they could not find a way through a stubborn Foxes defence for a second time, Arnautovic was pleased with how the hosts responded.
He also had praise for the fans’ vocal support and wants to reward them with victories as soon as possible.
He said: “I think we deserved more and from my point of view we were the better team. We know we are not in an easy situation, but I think we are progressing.
“The fans today were so loud. The last weeks have not been what everyone wanted and we know they are disappointed because we’re not bringing the results, but they were behind us and they gave everything like we did on the pitch.
“I hope we can continue like that, and that we can have a lot of joy, but we need to win the games.
“We came good after the goal. We said ‘come on let’s do this, we need to fight, we need to win and we need to get our goals’.
“We got it [the equaliser] before half time and we had a few chances. Let’s now be okay with a point and move on.”
From a personal point of view, Arnautovic contributed at both ends of the pitch, supplying seven crosses as well as doing his defensive duty diligently and he feels he is getting back to form.
He added: “It was hard for me at the beginning of the season. I got the red card, then I was ill when we played Swansea and it was hard mentally for me, but I think I’m ready, I’m fit and I hope I can give everything for West Ham.
“I’m not here for no reason, and I want to show the fans, the players and everyone involved at West Ham that they can count on me. Last week I had [the injury] with my hand and on Friday I had a bang on my knee.
“I tried to run it off, but I don’t want to hurt the team. If there are players with fresh legs who can help the team, I don’t want to be the man who can’t move any more.
“I want to help the team, I want to give assists and score goals. Hopefully that can come in the future.”