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West Ham boss Moyes full of praise for Arnautovic after Leicester draw

West Ham boss David Moyes was full of praise for Marko Arnautovic after their 1-1 draw with Leicester City.

Two players who caught the eye were wingers Marko Arnautovic and Arthur Masuaku, who gave Leicester full-backs Danny Simpson and Christian Fuchs a tough time with their power, pace and direct running.

The pair delivered 15 of West Ham's 31 crosses and generally pushed the Foxes onto the back foot every time they took possession.

“Marko played really well for us on Sunday, without really getting a lot of praise for it. Everybody said he hasn't run so I said 'If you don't run, we won't play you', so he's running and I think, if you're a full-back, you don't really want to play against Arnautovic because he's got power and pace.

“He probably prefers to play on the left-hand side but we've got a few people who want to do that, so at the moment we are playing him on the opposite side.

“We want him to be a big player. We spent a lot of money on him and we want him to score goals and make goals and tonight he helped us."

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