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West Ham scorer Kouyate heaps praise on Valencia - 'This is Enner's goal!'

West Ham United's goalscorer Cheikhou Kouyate has credited his goal against Aston Villa to teammate Enner Valencia.

Kouyate scored the second goal in the 2-0 home win over Villa with Valencia being the provider for the 85th-minute goal after claiming his teammate would find the back of the net prior to the match.

Kouyate told West Ham TV: "It was a very important win tonight and the team played well together with a good spirit. I scored a nice goal but it was a great assist from Enner.

"Before the game Enner said to me that I would score and I said that is not possible! I have had a few chances but have not been able to score.

"But Enner said I am going to score against Villa and this is not my goal, this is Enner's goal!

"I want us to continue this great run and it is 11 games now. We take it game by game and anything is possible. We just need to keep working hard and we will wait and see what happens.

"We played well for the first 15 minutes and after the red card for Ayew, all the Villa players made it difficult for us.

"But we managed to score the first goal through Michail and it was a great assist from Mark Noble."

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