West Ham ace Dimitri Payet is convinced they're on their way back after drawing at Manchester United on Sunday.

With West Ham facing United for the second time in three days in the EFL Cup on Wednesday, Payet believes the club's recent performances demonstrate that the Hammers are good enough to compete with all of the big teams in the top flight.

Speaking to West Ham's official website, Payet said: "Obviously it's an important point for us. It is never easy to come to Old Trafford and get a result, but that is what we have succeeded in doing.

"We came close to taking all three points at the end. So we are very happy with that.

"We played a good match last weekend at Tottenham and unfortunately we didn't take the points, but thankfully we have succeeded in getting something against United.

"Against these two tough teams, and we know what they are capable of - we've showed that we can compete at this level.

"We are trying to put together a good little run to move ourselves a bit higher up the table into a more comfortable position."