The midfielder was the hero for West Ham United in the win over Crystal Palace.
West Ham United star Manuel Lanzini has told the Daily Star that Slaven Bilic is always telling him to simply play and make the team better.
The Argentine midfielder proved to be the Hammers’ hero on Saturday afternoon as he scored the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace.
It was a much-needed victory for West Ham, just their second of the season, moving them out of the bottom three and up to 15th in the table.
It was also Lanzini’s second strike of the season in a much-improved showing than he has managed previously.
And he says that the main message Bilic gives him is to go out there and help the team to play football.
“[Bilic] always tells me more than anything to play, to make the team play and get into scoring positions, as well and to defend,” he told the Daily Star.
“He always tries to give me the confidence to score He congratulated me, he has a lot of faith in me and I have a lot of faith in him. Luckily I was able to score so I’m happy for the team, we needed this victory.”
The Hammers will now be hoping that Lanzini can add more goals to his tally as they look to bounce back from a poor start to the season.
While the win was a positive one for them it does not change much, with the Hammers still just a point outside the relegation zone.
That is far from where they expected to be and they will need the likes of Lanzini to start hitting top form quickly to turn the situation around.
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