West Ham United midfielder Scott Parker was delighted with their 1-1 draw with Chelsea.

The England midfielder has been nothing short of inspirational in recent weeks and was deservedly the man of the match in a thoroughly entertaining London derby.

"That is important. It is a massive result for us. Obviously we would have loved to have got the three points but we have come out with one," Parker told whufc.com.

"We have another massive game coming up against Portsmouth. It is a big lift for us. A lot of people weren't expecting us to get anything and hopefully we now go and push on."

Parker added: "It was a battle. It was do or die for us. We have gone out there and given it our all, including all out attack. We were coming up against a very good Chelsea side and one thing we have been lacking is a little bit of fight, a bit of passion and the gritty stuff. We definitely did that sort of stuff and we had to."