West Ham handed their Premier League survival hopes a significant boost at the weekend, defeating Watford 2-0 at the London Stadium to open up a four-point advantage over the relegation spots.
Further results over the course of the weekend, which included wins for Swansea, Huddersfield and Newcastle, increased the significance of the victory but it does mean that there is plenty of work still to do- and a vital clash with Swansea is now on the horizon.
Fans will have learned a lot from the latest performance though, where goals from Marko Arnautovic and Javier Hernandez sealed a vital win- and the Hammers defence held firm, despite Watford having the lion’s share of possession for spells during the game.
There’s certainly plenty of reasons to be optimistic and crucial lessons have been learned from the win- as we’ve identified three key things here.
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