West Ham captain Mark Noble was delighted to be involved for victory at Norwich.

The Hammers skipper featured for the final quarter of Sunday's comprehensive victory, at which point the Irons were already four goals to the good thanks to Saïd Benrahma (two), Michail Antonio and Manuel Lanzini's penalty.

He told the club's website: "It was really nice to watch the boys, and especially to play 25 minutes myself – it was lovely.

"The game was already won by then so it was good to come on, get sung 'happy birthday' to by the fans – which was lovely – and enjoy 25 minutes of football.

"We had to get over the disappointment of Thursday's UEFA Europa League loss quickly, because we knew we want to qualify for Europe again.

"Today was a really big game for us. We needed the three points – obviously with Wolves coming back and getting a point against Chelsea on Saturday, and Manchester United losing – so we just need to keep pushing.

"It's the start of a massive week for myself, but I'm looking forward to it.

"We can't rest on this.

"We want to keep pushing and finish as high up the table as possible.

"To be in the position where we are now, with getting into the semi-finals of the Europa League, is a testament to the players themselves because it's not easy to play that many games.

"Today was nice. The weather was nice, it's a beautiful pitch, and a good performance."