West Ham boss David Moyes was delighted with Nayef Aguerd's performance for their 2-0 win against Everton.
The result was secured by two goals from Jarrod Bowen.
And Moyes said, "I've got to say I thought Nayef played very well today.
"I thought it was the best game for us actually, and he is maybe just beginning to get [to his best level] as I saw him jumping and leaping for the ball and heading the ball better and he defended the back post from a couple of corners incredibly well.
"His passing, his diagonal passes which he hit out from left to right to Vladi [Coufal] were excellent.
"Overall, it's what we've seen, but none of us have really had the chance to see him and let him get used to it.
"He's probably started three or four games for us now and that's good because I think he's going to be a really good player for us.
"We face teams higher up the table in our next three games and I think that might suit us.
"I'm not saying the pressure is off but maybe we can show what we've really got and maybe the boys are going to know they're going to have to play much better with the ball and without the ball as well.
"Today I thought we did a really good job defensively and we didn't give too many opportunities to Everton, but we still need to tidy up.
"If we had got the third or fourth goal it would have been a much better outcome for us, but winning 2-0 I'm not complaining at all."