The former England midfielder was used as very late substitute the night before in the Hammers’ 3-0 defeat away to Manchester United but the hours match practice will have done the 31-year-old the world of good.
With West Ham’s next home game not coming for another week it should be enough time for Dyer to stake a claim for a starting position in Gianfranco Zola’s side to face Bolton at the Boleyn Ground on the 6th March.