West Ham United new signing James Ward-Prowse could not have hoped for a more enjoyable debut.
The central midfielder played his first game for the club since signing from Southampton.
A long sought after player for manager David Moyes, Ward-Prowse slotted straight into the Hammers team that beat Chelsea 3-1 on Sunday.
Speaking to West Ham TV, Ward-Prowse stated on his debut: Yes, it was a fantastic day, a dream debut in many ways! It was an incredible atmosphere and a real honor and pleasure to play in this stadium in front of so many fans, and to get a positive result was huge for us and you could see how much it meant to everybody at the end."
He added on his set piece assist: It was something we worked on during the week. We trained here in an empty stadium the other day and we did a few good ones and I felt the pressure to deliver in front of everybody and thankfully I did today and it was a fantastic finish and the first of many, hopefully!"
He finished on the team's resilience: We were playing against a very good Chelsea team who dominate the ball and have a lot of possession, so we had to ride our luck at times, which we did, but I thought we earned that through the hard work and togetherness we showed and you could feel around the place that there was a growing belief throughout the game and it was no surprise we went on to get the third goal."