West Ham striker Marko Arnautovic admits he enjoyed victory over Stoke City.

Against his old club, Arnautovic was booed throughout, and cheered when he missed a number of good chances, but silenced his detractors with a well-taken goal to put his side two goals clear and on course for their first away victory of the season.

“It was very hard for our supporters because they waited, first for the game to start and then for me to score," he said.

“I had a few chances and I was disappointed for myself because I wanted to score the goal, but in the end when I scored the goal and I released the fans and the players and everyone with the Club.

“It's just wonderful to get the win. It was perfect."

He added: “The gaffer wanted us to play football at the front and we did. I had a couple of chances and we could have scored at least five or six goals, but we got the 3-0 and we're very, very happy.

“We got the three points and we go again on Tuesday, when we go to Arsenal in the Carabao Cup and we want to get through to the next round."