The elation of West Ham winning 3-1 at Fulham for their first away win in 28 games should be enough to give confidence to the players as they battle against relegation, reasons boss Avram Grant. The Hammers will go into Tuesday's home match against Everton having hauled themselves off the foot of the table courtesy of the Fulham win.
"Sometimes, when you win, it's also better than good training, so there's a psychological side," said Grant, who nevertheless admitted he would rather Everton had played on Boxing Day.
"I would have preferred that they had played and we had come with an equal situation.
"Maybe we can use the psychological side and continue with winning.
"We have the character also to play two games in three days."
Grant, added: "I can assure you that nobody that will play Tuesday will be tired."