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West Ham manager David Moyes happy to give Marko Arnautovic the space he needs to thrive: 'Players like him need a little bit of leg room'

West Ham are willing to give playmaker Marko Arnautovic the space he needs to flourish as long as the Austrian delivers for the team, manager David Moyes said ahead of Monday's Premier League clash against Stoke City.

Arnautovic, 28, had a poor start to his West Ham career and failed to score in his first 11 league appearances but has found a rich vein of form and scored nine in his last 14 outings.

'Players like Marko need a little bit of leg room, maybe more than others, and I think we gave Marko his leg room but I want to make sure he knows he has got to do the job here,' Moyes told West Ham's website.