West Ham United won against Southampton in the Premier League at the weekend.
Former Tottenham Hotspur and West Bromwich Albion forward Garth Crooks has been impressed with the performances of West Ham United winger Michail Antonio this season.
Antonio, who joined West Ham from Championship club Nottingham Forest in the summer of 2015, has been playing well this campaign
The England international winger has been quite consistent in his performances and has also featured at right-back.
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Crooks has been impressed with the displays produced by Antonio and has included the former Sheffield Wednesday star in his BBC Premier League Team of the Week.
The former Tottenham and West Brom forward was impressed with the performance of the West Ham winger against Southampton at the weekend.
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Antonio featured for the Hammers in their 3-1 victory over the Saints away from home at St. Mary’s Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
“The departure of Dimitri Payet has served to galvanise the dressing room, Andy Carroll has been immense since his return to the side, but doesn’t make my Team of the Week because of better performances elsewhere, and the ever-present Michail Antonio,” Crooks wrote on BBC Sport. “This young man has had a very impressive season acknowledged by an international call-up.”
“A manager simply cannot put a value on a player who is available week in, week out and Antonio is one of them,” added Crooks. “His link-up play with Carroll was a feature of West Ham’s game at St Mary’s and Southampton’s downfall.”
West Ham are ninth in the Premier League table at the moment with 31 points from 24 matches.
Slaven Bilic’s side will return to action on Saturday afternoon when they take on West Bromwich Albion at the London Stadium in the Premier League.
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