West Ham United midfielder Mark Noble returned from injury to score at the weekend.
Noble returned from a calf injury to great impact for West Ham against Watford.
The long-serving midfielder scored West Ham’s first goal in the contest, as Pellegrini’s men picked up a 3-1 win.
However, Pellegrini admits that he was initially not planning on utilising Noble for the whole match.
“Mark is a very important player for us. Unfortunately for him, he had that calf injury and he needed three weeks to work,” Pellegrini said about the £50,000-a-week midfielder (Spotrac).
“He returned and my first idea was not for us to play 90 minutes with him. I was asking him and he was telling me that he was okay.”
West Ham were under pressure to get their first three points of the season at the weekend, and will be glad to get off the mark.
The Hammers performance was strong in the match, with their attacking players really coming to prominence.
Sebastian Haller looked particularly impressive, as he scored twice to seal the three points for West Ham.
The Hammers have now collected four points from their first three games this term.
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