West Ham United boss Salven Bilic lauded the performance of Dimitri Payet in Wednesday night's win over Watford.

The Hammers comfortably accounted for the Hornets at Upton Park with a 3-1 result and it was the influence of the French playmaker which inspired the East Londoners to such a triumph.

Payet has been down a little in recent times but bounced back with a stellar showing to provide a lovely ball for Andy Carroll's opener in what was an impressive all-round performance.

"Dimi was on fire. We had a little chat before the game because it's not easy for him because everyone expects so much from him," said Bilic of West Ham's star man.

"I told him to play simple and it would come and it did. He and the whole team were so comfortable after it went to 2-0."

Skipper Mark Noble converted a pair of penalties either side of the break before Sebastian Prodl pulled one back for Watford prior to Hammers keeper Adrian denying Troy Deeney from the spot in injury-time.