- West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic was left delighted after his side beat Middlesbrough 3-1 on Saturday
- The Hammers were winners on Teesside thanks to goals from Andy Carroll and Jonathan Calleri
- Bilic said the win topped off a superb week for the Club
West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic says his side’s 3-1 win over Middlesbrough on Saturday capped off a superb week for the Club.
The Hammers put back to back Premier League wins together to move into the top half of the table for just the second time this season with their terrific victory on Teesside which came thanks to goals from Andy Carroll and Jonathan Calleri.
The win followed on from last weekend’s comfortable London Stadium triumph over Crystal Palace and Bilic was delighted with the outcome at the Riverside Stadium.
He said: “It has been a good week for us. After the game against Palace, we played well against them and we have used the momentum we got in that win to come here and put out a strong performance and get three massive points.
“We’re especially pleased because we played good and it’s great. We had a lot of players who were on top of their game today and we did great things with the ball. We hurt them when we attacked and it was brilliant.
“Andy Carroll, week in, week out, is brilliant. I am always saying this; he is a brilliant player, not just with his goals, but he makes such an impact with his presence.
After the game against Palace, we have used the momentum we got in that win to come here and put out a strong performance and get three massive points.
Slaven Bilic
“The goals are also obviously important but it’s so hard to stop him in the box and so for him to score two goals is brilliant.
“I have told you why I’m a big fan of Andy; he does everything. The only problem before was that he wasn’t available to play. Hopefully he is going to stay fit. He felt his groin a bit and we didn’t want to risk it because we don’t want to lose him.
“He’s great though, he is one of the leaders and he enjoys that.”
Argentine Calleri replaced the big man in the second half and added the Hammers’ third with his first goal for the Club four minutes into stoppage time.
And Bilic praised the impact of his substitutes in a game where he was forced to replace not only Carroll but skipper Mark Noble who also suffered an injury problem during the clash.
“We still don’t know about Mark Noble. We have to wait of course, but he is our skipper and leader and he’s like a mentor in the middle of the park.
“But it’s all about the squad and the guys who came on, like [Edimilson] Fernandes and Calleri, did well and it’s good for us.
“We are delighted after today because we not only won but played very good so we are extremely pleased with our week.”