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‘Freddie wants happy faces… a good atmosphere’

Bernd Leno was a happy man on Monday evening.

On the same day our No 1 was crowned November Player of the Month, he starred as we came from a goal behind to end our winless run with a commanding second-half performance at West Ham United.

And he puts our upturn in form down to the impact Freddie Ljungberg has had since taking the reins as interim head coach.

"From the first day he said he wanted to see laughing faces, to see a good atmosphere," Leno said. "We had a bad time, we are all human and it is not easy.