West Ham defender Levi Laing was delighted to feature in today's friendly win against Tottenham in Perth.

Laing featured at fullback for the 3-2 victory.

The youngster told whufc.com: “I tried to hold on my own. You can tell though, with these Premier League stars, everything is just sharper and technically everything is quicker. But I tried to get involved and just do what I normally do in the U21s games. And I think I showed that in the game.

“It's good that I can play both right-back and centre-back. It's good to understand both of those roles. I started the game at right-back and when we went to the three, I played on the right-side of the three and got an understanding of that as well.

“It was easy to slot in because I've played right centre-back for the U21s, so it wasn't anything new for me. I enjoyed it."

Laing added: "The transition of coming into the first team has been good. The first team boys have been leaders and have given us help.

“I want to stay part of this now. Every time I get an opportunity, I want to show what I can do and go from there. I want to work as hard as possible and let my football do the talking."