West Ham boss David Moyes declared Flynn Downes best afield after their Europa Conference League win at Anderlecht.
Gianluca Scamacca struck the only goal of the night as Downes shone in midfield.
Moyes remarked: "I'm smiling because we're starting to get a squad of players which we think we can chop and change when we need to.
"We think we can use some of them and when you saw the three players we brought on – they're top players – and it ended up that it made the difference.
"I thought Flynn Downes was probably the best player tonight.
"He played really, really well. He's starting to show us a little bit more – he started a little bit slowly, but he's really put a marker down tomight.
"I thought he played very well tonight.
"We're building momentum now.
"We want to try and get going – I think the players are beginning to show signs of getting back to form.
"We're beginning to get one or two goals. I think we should be scoring more, but a clean sheet and the team winning is always good."