IF you can’t perform, don’t go on stage. Those were the words David Moyes had delivered to his West Ham players ahead of their biggest game of the season.
On a night where victory was the only option, his team rose to the occasion - and then some.
Two of West Ham’s most important players - Lucas Paqueta and Jarrod Bowen - starred in the first act. It was then Aaron Cresswell, a man who has had to play more of an understudy role this season, who took centre stage. Mohammed Kudus scored a solo goal worthy of a standing ovation before he closed the show with a superb second.