Dimitri Payet is truly an inspirational player. We all saw the level of football he produced during the summer at the European Championship Finals and it is fantastic to have him back in action and re-producing his best form once again.

You could sense the excitement around the crowd when the free-kick was awarded just outside the area and the Accrington manager said it was like giving away a penalty.

I was also thrilled to see Manuel Lanzini back on the pitch at London Stadium and he also showed the quality he can bring to the side.

We have been unlucky with injuries at the start of the season but thankfully we are starting to get back our influential players and hopefully we will start to see an improvement in results over the coming weeks.

I want to thank the fans who turned out in their thousands once again and helped us record the biggest League Cup attendance since the fourth round replay against Liverpool back in October 1971 – that shows the amazing support we have at this football club.

This is an important period as we prepare for consecutive home games against Southampton and Middlesbrough and there is no reason to suggest that we cannot head in to the international break with six more points on the board.

We had a positive result over Southampton at home last season which ended a run of eight games without a win and it would be fantastic if we could have a similar result and kickstart our season once again.”