A dominant performance was backed up by three decent goals and a clean sheet which moved the Hammers up to 13th in the Premiership table.
Despite not getting on the score sheet himself, Alessandro Diamanti was picked out by the Sponsors as their Man of the Match and in his latest interview on the official site Zola was full of praise for his countryman. “Alessandro excites me, that is the reason why I keep playing him, although I have very good players. I keep playing him all the time because I know he can do something special for us at any moment.
"It is important to have players like that because they keep the other team on their toes. That is a big thing confidence-wise for the whole team. He also keeps the crowd involved. It is a big thing for me, knowing that on the pitch I have a player that can score at any time."
"He does remind me of me - sometimes he does the unpredictable things. He also does some unpredictable mistakes as I used to. That is the kind of player he is, you have to take him for that. What is surprising me is that his work-rate has been fantastic. He is helping the team.
"He is also playing in a position he has never played in. In Italy, he was always second striker or just behind the two strikers in the hole. He didn't work very hard defensively. If you see how he is playing now and his work-rate, it is massive for the team."