Tomas Soucek admitted it was hard to play Premier League football at Christmas time this year after he netted the winner in West Ham's 1-0 win at Everton.
The midfielder is playing in his first winter in English football after £19million move from Slavia Prague in 2020. Soucek normally has a winter break around December time but instead played three games in six days for the Hammers.
And after scoring past Jordan Pickford four minutes from time to give the Hammers a first win in five games, the 25-year-old opened up about the struggles of taking part in the busy winter schedule.