'A great goal' - West Ham captain hails Watford talisman Dennis after 8th strike

Published: December 28, 2021

West Ham captain Mark Noble has labelled Emmanuel Dennis' early strike in the Hammers' 4-1 rout of Watford a great goal.

The Hornets suffered their fifth successive loss in the Premier League on Tuesday evening despite their Nigerian talisman giving them the lead in the fourth minute.

Dennis fired a rising shot into the top corner to break the deadlock after evading the challenge of Craig Dawson, taking his tally in the top-flight to eight goals in the process.

Tomas Soucek popped up to put the finishing touch to a flowing move in the 27th minute and then Said Benrahma with the aid of a deflection shortly after that ensured that West Ham went into the break with a 2-1 lead.

In the second half, Noble converted a penalty in the 58th minute to put West Ham in the comfort zone and Nikola Vlasic with an easy finish wrapped up the scoring in stoppage time.

Speaking to BBC Sport post-match, the Hammers captain said : "I think it was always going to be tough here because we had a lot of players here who played two days ago and Watford had a lot of time off with Covid issues.

"They started with a great goal for Dennis but then I think we controlled the half and deserved to go 2-1 up."

Only Liverpool's Egypt winger Mohamed Salah (24) has had more goal involvements than Dennis (13) in the Premier League so far this season.

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