West Ham attacker Michail Antonio was happy to score in their friendly defeat of Atalanta.
When his opportunity arrived to open the scoring, Antonio – who will hope to top his last two seasons' Premier League tally of ten apiece – showed a good touch and a striker's instinct to lash home from Said Benrahma's cute through ball.
“To be fair, it was a great ball from Said," Antonio told the club's website. “I managed to get through and get the goal.
“It's one of those things where, during the season, I want to start taking more opportunities when they come to me. Obviously, I've taken the No9 shirt now to show that I am the No9, I am the person who's meant to be scoring the goals, and hopefully I can keep doing it.
“I don't want to put any type of pressure on myself. I know that over the last few years I've been scoring goals, so if I just keep going out there and doing the same things that I've been doing, I'll get a good tally at the end of the season.
“Obviously, being the No9, people could put a bit more pressure on that, saying that maybe ten goals isn't enough, but all I'm going to do is go out there and do the best I can and score as many goals as I can."
He added: “In the first 30 minutes, Atalanta showed their quality in how they keep the ball, their rotation system, their movement, their passing, but after that we got into the game and managed to get the goal and we went on from there.
“We've gone through all pre-season without losing a game. We are looking sharp, we're looking good, and hopefully we can take that into the season."
