Payet Scored A 'Messi' Kind Of Goal - Slaven Bilic

 

Slaven Bilic believes Dimitri Payet scored a goal Lionel Messi would have been proud of as he earned West Ham a 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough. Payet's excellent individual effort cancelled out Christhian Stuani's header as both clubs ended runs of defeats - four successively in West Ham's case.

Bilic was not happy to take just one point from a fixture but was at least encouraged by the response he got after last week's 3-0 home defeat to Southampton. In particular, he had praise for Payet's contribution after he ran past five men before shooting beyond Victor Valdes.

Bilic said: “It was an unbelievable goal. It was a great goal which brought us back into the game and it's only a shame it wasn't a winning goal. It stands out. First of all, it was a goal that brought us back into the game and the way he scored the goal is quite amazing. It was such an individual goal with the highest class. I don't see those kinds of goals from many players. You see free-kicks, you see volleys, scissor kicks, all different types of goals, but this was like Messi's goals. In this situation, you need that class. You need a moment of class from your best player to lift the whole team up. It was a brilliant, brilliant moment of magic. But we can't rely on him doing that every week. The response from the whole team, of course, - and especially from him with his goal - was good and was positive. It's one of the positive things we have to take out from this game.”