West Ham captain Mark Noble sees tonight's clash at Burnley as a must-win.

While a trip to Turf Moor always represents a challenge for any visiting team, Noble believes the resilience and quality the Irons possess will see David Moyes' squad rise to that challenge.

“I don't know why people get shocked any more by what Burnley do, as they've been doing it for several years now," Noble told the club's website.

“They're a really good group of honest players, really good professionals, they've got a really good manager and they all know exactly what the manager wants and they put that in motion on the pitch.

“They're a really tough team to play against and we've found that over the years, and for any team to go to Turf Moor, it's a tough place. For me it's not a shock anymore because I don't think Burnley get the credit, not just for what they do but for the football they play. They're a really good team.

“It's a big game for us, obviously. The last month for us has been tough because we'd had a really good season injury-wise, then we had the likes of Cress, Angelo, Dec, Mikey and Arthur all out at the same time and we've had to really use our squad.

“The boys have done great to beat Wolves away and then Leicester at home and then obviously we had the decisions and the mistakes we made against Newcastle and they went into the Chelsea game and were playing against one of the best teams in Europe at the minute.

“We got six points from them and now we need to go to Burnley and get a result to keep in the hunt."